What a lovely piece! It's so hard to make such a huge sacrifice, even when we know it's the best and right thing to do.
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...
Vermont Secretary of State Jim Condos says he's “greatly concerned” about a turbine developer's monetary offer to voters during meetings last month in Windham and Grafton. Though the state attorney general's office has said Iberdrola Renewables' proposed “direct partnership payments” don't violate election law, Condos asserts that the developer is “pushing the envelope in an attempt to influence the vote.” Voters in both towns are scheduled to weigh in on Iberdrola's controversial Stiles Brook Wind Project on Nov. 8. The...
Let us speak up and break the silence! Today, my heart cracked open when speaking to an African-American friend. We had exchanged our usual greetings when he stopped, looked at me closely, and whispered, “Are you afraid?” All of a sudden, I could say what I haven't been able to speak outside my own family. “Trump? You mean, are we going to elect Trump?” He nodded in agreement. I found myself grabbing at my heart. “I don't know, I don't...
Next Stage Arts Project, 15 Kimball Hill, presents the Next Stage Juke Joint Blues & BBQ with 2018 Blues Blast Music Award nominee Sunny Lowdown and the Ice Cream Men at the Next Stage Café on Saturday, Jan. 26 at 7 p.m. As described in a news release, Sunny Lowdown - the stage name of Louis Erlanger of Brattleboro - “plays a raw, deep blues, drawing from the music of John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters, and R.L. Burnside.” He was...
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