It's about time! I've had enough of institutions like the Brattleboro Retreat stealing our hard-earned tax dollars in the name of “mental health.”
We should all applaud whistleblower Thomas Joseph and anyone like him. Well done!
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...
There's a new transportation option in Brattleboro. On Sept. 7, Megabus.com, an intercity express bus company, added a Brattleboro stop to its daily Burlington to New York City route. Southbound buses now depart from the Transportation Center on Flat Street at 11:45 a.m., with stops at the Hampshire Mall in Hadley, Massachusetts, Columbus Boulevard in Hartford, Connecticut, and Union Station in New Haven, Connecticut, before arriving at the Port Authority terminal at Seventh Avenue and 27th Street in New York...
Those of us who are bewildered that Gerard Cloutier could express such strong support for Donald Trump can look to two contradictory paragraphs in his letter: 1. “Finally, one thing my father taught me - maybe the most important thing - is to judge a man by his actions and his deeds.” 2. “I voted for Donald Trump for president in 2016 because I felt that he spoke to the kind of America I grew up in, hard-working, conservative, and...
The Landmark Trust USA announced the first-ever Rudyard Kipling Young Writers Award in celebration of its 25th anniversary. Tristam Johnson, interim executive director of Landmark Trust USA, said in a news release: “As owners of five historic homes that have been painstakingly restored and open for guests, including Rudyard Kipling's home, Naulakha, where he wrote the “Just So Stories,” “The Jungle Book,” and “Captains Courageous,” we wanted to celebrate his legacy along with our own anniversary. We believe this competition...
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