RE: “Can a bicycle replace the family car?” [News, Nov. 7]:
A spot of inspiring news! If people in Vermont can ride bikes even in the winter, we certainly can here in California!
Fric Spruyt is a property owner and property manager in Brattleboro and a member of...
BRATTLEBORO-The recent eclipse that Vermonters were able to experience was beyond breathtaking. My husband and...
PUTNEY-As a physician and a hospice volunteer, I read with interest the recent article highlighting...
BELLOWS FALLS-I see as a huge problem the number of apartments and houses being used...
The story of Windham County's response to the COVID-19 pandemic has one of collaboration, improvisation, and cooperation. That story was told to U.S. Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt., during a June 4 visit to Brattleboro Memorial Hospital. It was told, in the room where BMH has vaccinated more than 20,000 people since last December, by some of the people who led the response, such as Josh Davis, executive director of Groundworks Collaborative; Drew Hazelton, chief of operations at Rescue Inc.; Brattleboro...
I was impressed by the turnout and the energy of the recent Brattleboro Selectboard Candidates forum to which I was lucky enough to have been invited. The grassroots energy that has been ignited by recent turns in national politics is clearly being seen locally with an increase in protests, vocal support for historically underrepresented populations, and initiatives for ballot questions put before the voters. At the forum, that energy resulted in some questions that were difficult for me to answer,
The Chapel Hill, N.C.-based multi-instrumentalist duo Violet Bell will co-bill the Stage 33 Live listening room with The Milkhouse Heaters on Sunday, June 19, in a limited-seating 4 p.m. matinee with a special discounted ticket price of $10 in advance through stage33live.com or $15 at the door. The band Violet Bell describes themselves as “re-wilding Americana with a lush, sinuous sound woven from folk, soul, bluegrass, and jazz with notes of blues, world, and classical.” Omar Ruiz-Lopez was born in...
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