BRATTLEBORO — Brattleboro has been fortunate to have Jerry Carbone, a leader and gentleman, at the helm of its library.
Now for his golf game: perhaps a little more time devoted to the game will pick things up a bit.
Annie Landenberger is a freelance writer who contributes regularly to these pages. WILLIAMSVILLE-I marched with...
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Green Mountain Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (GMRSVP) would like to thank the voters of...
BELLOWS FALLS-Greater Falls Connections (GFC), a substance misuse prevention coalition located in Bellows Falls, thanks...
The explosion in opioid use in this region has taken a social and cultural toll - especially the rise in the number of deaths due to overdoses, but also insidious and long-term health issues such as Hepatitis C and HIV/AIDS. All of these consequences - exacerbated by the COVID-19 outbreak and the social isolation and reduction in services it created - have come at a high cost to families, health care workers, health and rehabilitation institutions, law enforcement, and emergency...
When I first heard of Becca Balint, it was because we were on opposite sides of an issue. The issue was whether or not to build affordable individual homes on land that led down a wooded hillside to cemeteries off of South Main Street. Byron Stookey, longtime head of Brattleboro Area Affordable Housing, was leading the charge for a small development. I supported this project, but it was the most conflicted decision I've ever had to make. I had spent...
Gallery North Star, 151 Townshend Rd., presents a solo show of new oil paintings by nationally acclaimed artist Paul Stone. The exhibition will run from July 13 through Aug. 11. The public is invited to an opening reception for the artist on Saturday, July 13, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. A lifelong dedication to documenting the artist's fascination with the rural landscape and its structures is demonstrated in these new works. Employing a bold palette, Stone renders the ordinary in...
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