BRATTLEBORO — I want to take this opportunity to thank all the voters in Windham County for participating in the election process.
It was an exciting season and I, as a candidate, was honored to take part. I thank many of you whom I met for sharing your concerns for our community and state and allowing me to hear your ideas regarding the challenges we face.
Leslie Zucker is a certified professional life coach, a facilitator of a women's group, and...
Corey DiMario is a musician and the proprietor of Patio Coffee, at the Hooker-Dunham block,
Kerry Secrest serves as honorary consul of Lithuania to Vermont. BRATTLEBORO-A heartfelt thank you to...
BRATTLEBORO-When I worked at a major airport, I learned to refer to people on airplanes...
The Selectboard voted last week to cancelled the Special Town Meeting that was planned for Aug. 23. According to Town Clerk Pamela McFadden, the town was notified late last month by the state Agency of Transportation (AOT) that it will be receiving an additional $36,000 from the transportation enhancement grant for the West Dummerston Covered Bridge wing wall project. Selectboard member Tom Bodett, who has been overseeing the project, wrote in an email that the Special Town Meeting was originally...
When I was 19 and newly married, I quit my teaching job at PS 70 in the Bronx on the spur of the moment to be a writer. For five days, I sat in front of my Smith Corona staring at the blank white page and chain smoking Marlboros. There was a pot of black coffee on the stove, and I downed it 15 times a day like an alcoholic gulps Scotch. I got up, stretched, sat down again, and...
Several members of the Rock River Artists (RRA) collective will be joined by a few peers in a safe art/craft festival on the Newfane Common Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 10 and 11, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Having had to cancel RRA's 28th annual Open Studio tour due to COVID-19, many group creators find themselves eager and ready to reconnect with the public - newcomers and regular followers alike. On Indigenous Peoples' Day weekend, 10 artists and craftspeople will...
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