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TOWNSHEND-The people of the West River Valley love Grace Cottage Family Health & Hospital for...
BRATTLEBORO-As the town approaches the end of its current contract for solid waste collection, the...
BRATTLEBORO-Five years ago, this community received an early Christmas present with the November 2019 news...
BRATTLEBORO-One winter not so long ago, Tony, a professional juggler, discovered that a huge icicle...
Representative Town Meeting (RTM) voters on March 25 approved a $20.5 million operating budget for fiscal year 2024 after increasing the bottom line by $350,000. Members were also clear in wanting more transparency and participation in how the town's remaining $2.7 million federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) money is used as well as how town emergency medical services are contracted. The approved budget is about an 8.1% increase to this year's operating budget. Due to use of unassigned fund...
As a teacher in town, I usually eschew airing my political beliefs to the community for obvious reasons. Usually there are vested interests skewing the endorsements or, at the worst, occasions of mud-slinging against people who don't align with one's own political ideologies. I would like to purposefully put my "off the record" practices aside to proudly endorse a candidate running for a seat on the Brattleboro Selectboard: Peter "Fish" Case. I have had the pleasure of personally knowing Fish...
River Gallery School of Art (RGS) has begun the search for a new executive director. The former executive director, Mary Lou Forward, announced in April she would depart the organization. In a news release, the board of directors said that they and the greater RGS community “wish to thank Forward for her positive impact at the school.” “A committee of the Board of Trustees is enacting a process of interviewing interested candidates and preparing written materials that describe the vision...
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