BRATTLEBORO — “Flushed with pride” [News, March 27] was a good article, and mostly accurate with a few minor errors.
I worked for the town of Brattleboro from 1976 to 1985 and was rehired in early 2012. I was still in high school in the late 1960s. I actually did work at all three different plants, though.
It is nice to see the workers get the credit they deserve for all the hard work they put in during the entire construction project.
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...
Nearly a year after dropping the town’s longtime emergency medical provider with little public notice or debate, local leaders plan to ask taxpayers to fund a “to be determined” budget line item for ambulance service. Town Meeting voters approved $285,600 last March they assumed was for Rescue Inc., which had covered the community for nearly 60 years. Instead, the Selectboard pulled the contract with scant explanation a month later in favor of having the fire department assume EMS duties. Local...
We respect Rep. Kiah Morris's decision to withdraw from her re-election campaign and fully support her making this choice for her happiness and safety and for the well-being of her family. Rep. Morris is a tireless and passionate lawmaker who has served the people of Bennington and Vermont honorably and with distinction. We hope to see her re-emerge in an advocacy role in the future and wish her family well during this difficult period. We are also deeply saddened and...
The Brattleboro Music Center will present “French Connection,” a concert of flute music by French composers, Friday, Jan. 19, at 7:30 p.m., at the Brattleboro Music Center Auditorium, 72 Blanche Moyse Way. This concert is a tribute to Louis Moyse, co-founder of the Marlboro Music Festival and longtime Marlboro College faculty member. Moyse was also a member of the successful Moyse Trio, in which his father, Marcel, played flute, Louis the piano, and Blanche Honegger Moyse the violin. The evening...
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