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...
Imagine one of the hottest days this summer, when the air was thick with humidity and your car is scorching hot inside. On one such day, Clare Barboza, internationally known food photographer, needed to shoot a magazine cover. The subject? Ice cream. "When I went to the store to buy it, the ice cream was already soft," says Barboza, of Brattleboro, with a hearty laugh. "You can imagine the rest." Barboza, who hails from the state of Washington, has always...
Over two decades ago, international scientific consensus established that emission of greenhouse gases, due to human economic activities, had increased the average global temperature and that, without immediate action, that temperature would continue to rise. The consensus asserted that inaction would result in severe climate disruptions to which living systems would not be able to adapt. Since then, greenhouse-gas emissions have continually increased, exceeding the safe level of 350 parts per million (ppm) of carbon dioxide and, this year, exceeding...
Brattleboro School of Dance classes for the 2014-15 season begin Monday, Sept. 8. Register at school's website or visit the studio at 22 High St. the weekend of Sept. 5-7. An open house is set for Friday, Sept. 5, from 5 to 8 p.m., at which dancers and their families can tour the studio and meet the faculty. Pizza and beverages will be available while they last. Registration continues on Saturday, Sept. 6, from 1 to 6 p.m., and Sunday,
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