I thought Vermont had more sense than this. We, the people of the 17 towns of southern New Hampshire, have fought the Kinder Morgan pipeline and do not want it in our state.
What is wrong with the so-called “green state”?
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...
During the weekend of June 25 and 26, a group of amateur - or “ham” - radio enthusiasts gathered on a hillside for Windham County's participation in the international Amateur Radio Relay League's (ARRL) Field Day. The location may not have been the highest in the county, but at about 1,530 feet elevation, the field outside the house on Simpson Brook Road offered beautiful views and far-flung connections with other ham radio operators. Nearly all attendees were members of the...
Now that it has been confirmed that Sam's Outdoor Outfitters on Main Street will be closing in April of 2024, there are so many ways to think about it. We could think about the big retail hole it will leave on Main Street, where it has been losing business for years. We could think about the dedicated Sam's employees, some of whom have worked for the owners, the Borofsky family, for decades, who will be losing their jobs and their...
The ads in the paper started appearing months ago: “Hey, all you former Brooklynites!” Kelley Murray placed those ads. The Brattleboro resident is working on her first book, about other locals who, like Murray, once lived in New York City. Although Murray said the project's scope was originally only about Brooklynites who moved to Brattleboro, she has since expanded it to include ex-pats from all five boroughs “because I realized I was being elitist.” One need not even be a...
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