MARLBORO — Thank you, Amy Comerchero! We've been sooooo lucky.
Enjoy a good rest, and then we'll look forward to what's next for you - and our tummies.
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...
As the Selectboard considers a change to the rides-for-hire ordinance, the issue has gotten more complicated. The agenda for the Sept. 4 regular Selectboard meeting had the Board conducting a second reading of the proposed ordinance change. The change would require Brattleboro-based drivers using app-based transportation services - like Uber and Lyft - to register themselves and their vehicles with the town and pay the same fees taxi-cab companies do for their drivers and cars. The reason for this ordinance...
On the March 2 broadcast of NPR's All Things Considered, I heard Linda Thomas-Greenfield, our ambassador to the United Nations (who, by the way, was described as wearing the colors of the Ukrainian flag) say about some anti-Russian resolution she and others were proposing as being part of “a battle for the soul of the world.” Give me a break, please! When the U.N., as it has many times, nearly unanimously passed resolutions condemning, say, U.S. aggression in Iraq or...
On the heels of the July 4 holiday, when Americans remember their country's freedom, and every citizens' right to “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness,” two artists and Write Action ask everyone to remember that “we are all refugees” and that our nation was founded by those seeking relief from violence and oppression. The public is invited to participate in a themed open reading, titled “We Are All Refugees: Bearing Witness,” on Sunday, July 9, between 4:30 and 6:30...
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