Emily Hallock is a patient care technician at Brattleboro Retreat. She originally posted this piece...
WEST BRATTLEBORO-Free the drugs. I suggest the state of Vermont offers free drugs administered by...
PUTNEY-The Jim Jeffords ("I didn't leave the party, the party left me") solution: The U.S.
MIDDLEBURY-CCM Holland Mills' letter itself is filled with untrue statements and harmful rhetoric, which I,
The first thing Amy Comerchero wants the public to know is, “I'm in perfect health.” With the news that her eponymous bakery and café on Main Street is closing after nearly 15 years of operation, Comerchero said rumors have been flying about her well-being. As she sat outside her shop, trying to eat her lunch on a busy Saturday afternoon, every 30 seconds or so she had to stop chewing to receive messages of condolence and wishes for her well-being...
This year marks 47 years for Vermont's unique Green Up Day tradition. Always the first Saturday in May, the event will bring volunteers statewide to the town roads in their communities on May 6 to tackle trash and litter along roadsides, in public spaces, natural landscapes and waterways. Vermont was the first state in the nation to designate one special day for cleaning the entire state. Many thanks to the hardworking state employees at the Agency of Transportation who clean...
The Lilac Ridge Farmhouse Gallery opened on Saturday, Dec. 16, with a photography show, "Ames Hill By Jill," by Jill Stahl Tyler. It marked a new chapter for the West Brattleboro farm on Ames Hill Road. Lilac Ridge co-owner Amanda Ellis-Thurber said in a news release it was something she has long wanted to do. "The farmhouse is really suited for something like this," she said. "It's an Air BnB that we rent out, and we have it set up...
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