BRATTLEBORO — I have come to view Donald Trump simply as “The Abscess.”
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Thelma Sharlow, who has lived in town for 77 of her 94 years, says that her life "has been complicated." Her story started in the hills of West Virginia where her father cared for Sharlow and her two sisters, Kitty and Eva Ann, after their mother walked away from the family when Sharlow - then Thelma Colleen Facemire - was 5 years old. "My dad was a West Virginia hillbilly. Once, he took me into the mines on his shoulder...
It seems to me that a new town manager should at least experience one year of what has been going on for over 50 years and try to understand what a decision to change such a longstanding performance means to the town. When the Brattleboro Fire Department has to take over the operation with two new ambulances, at a cost of around $400,000 each, hire and train the new staff, and cover medical and other benefits, it will find out...
Next Stage Arts and the Vermont Comedy All Stars have partnered for a night of live stand-up comedy, to take place on Friday, Nov. 12, from 7:30 to 9 p.m. Featured performers will include several contest-winning and touring comedians most often seen in the Burlington area. While Next Stage has hosted many national and international music acts, this will be the arts venue's first foray into live comedy at its refurbished theater. “For too long, Burlington has been a lone...
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