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New group brings post-Newtown debate to Vermont
BRATTLEBORO—It’s been a little more than six months since a mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., left 20 students and six teachers dead.
The shock, outrage, and fear that the Dec. 14, 2012 massacre generated seemed destined to ignite a national re-examination of laws regulating firearms.
However, in that time, there has been no movement in Congress and no movement in Montpelier to strengthen gun laws... Continue reading story
ESSAY
The miracle
In her toughest race, he said the words that she most needed to hear
LETTERS FROM READERS
Help 50 families still struggling in the wake of Tropical Storm Irene
LETTERS FROM READERS
Former librarian saddened by RFPL conflicts, supports efforts of her former colleagues
LETTERS FROM READERS
Now we can count all the votes!
LETTERS FROM READERS
Looking for musicians
LETTERS FROM READERS
How you can help the Rockingham Free Public Library
ESSAY
The promise
We are pitted against one another in an epic struggle for few opportunities. Is it any wonder that suicide is on the rise?
VIEWPOINT
Advice on consent
Consent should be seen as a journey: a continuium of yeses, a series of actions and interactions that are mutually understood and actively communicated. And there needs to be more of it.
LETTERS FROM READERS
Cheese truism
LETTERS FROM READERS
Even if hemp cultivation becomes legal, would other regulations eliminate its economic advantage
LETTERS FROM READERS
Vermont ahead of curve on marijuana reform
LETTERS FROM READERS
Great respect here for one another’s art
LETTERS FROM READERS
Turn of events at RFL is appalling
ESSAY
From distant father to best friend
For a young gay man, one car ride home changed everything
LETTERS FROM READERS
More thanks for Jim Kurty
WINDHAM COUNTY
Colonels, Rebels to play for state softball titles
WINDHAM COUNTY
Colonels reach Division I softball semifinals
WINDHAM COUNTY
Colonels finish strong as they head into softball playoffs
WINDHAM COUNTY
Perfect game bid spoiled as Terriers stun Colonels
WINDHAM COUNTY
New softball diamond honors ‘Brownie’ Towle
WINDHAM COUNTY
Brattleboro Small Fry league honors Weaver, Underhill with new dugouts
WINDHAM COUNTY
Rebels off to a good start in softball, baseball
WINDHAM COUNTY
Colonels stumble to 1-7 start on the diamond
WINDHAM COUNTY
Wood, Colonel softballers off to a great start
WINDHAM COUNTY
Terriers top Rebels to open baseball season
BRATTLEBORO
Estey Organ Museum announces special open days
BRATTLEBORO
Mondo Mediaworks launches community crowdfunder project
BRATTLEBORO
‘Bowlerama’ at Clayworks on June 29 supports Empty Bowls dinner
BRATTLEBORO
NECCA offers summer circus classes
BRATTLEBORO
Neighborhood Market CSA moves to Green Street School
BRATTLEBORO
Brattleboro Energy Committee, Time Share team up for Energy Challenge
GUILFORD
Broad Brook Grange to present Sally Carpenter Memorial Scholarship
BRATTLEBORO
Hospice presents annual Memorial Garden service on June 2
BRATTLEBORO
First ‘Camp for a Common Cause’ raises more than $10,000 to help homeless
WESTMINSTER
Westminter Cares series continues with tips on how to forestall dementia
BRATTLEBORO
Sondag to step down as Town Manager
BRATTLEBORO
Decommissioning takes center stage in first day of final Vermont Yankee hearings
BRATTLEBORO
Selectboard candidate interviews and appointment June 20
Interview and appointment meetings open to the public
BRATTLEBORO
Annual bike ride raises money for Boys & Girls Club
Going the Distance ride on Saturday, June 29
WINDHAM COUNTY
Around the Towns
BRATTLEBORO
New group brings post-Newtown debate to Vermont
GunSenseVT hopes to create dialogue on reforming state’s firearms laws
WILMINGTON
Moving monument moves veterans
A replica of the Vietnam Memorial Wall visits Wilmington
BRATTLEBORO
Work to begin this week on I-91 bridges over West River in Brattleboro
BELLOWS FALLS | NEW ON WEB
Correction
BRATTLEBORO
Selectboard to begin process of replacing Schneck
DUMMERSTON
Learning Collaborative appeals tax status to state high court
DUMMERSTON
Time running out for hazard mitigation funds
Vermont towns must apply for latest round of funds from federal program by July 12
JAMAICA
‘Urgency’ for water in Town Hall, committee says
BELLOWS FALLS
RFPL opens in temporary digs in Square; Trustee resigns
ROCKINGHAM
Byway Ambassadors wanted for Waypoint Center
BELLOWS FALLS
Village voters to get a second crack at budget on June 24
BELLOWS FALLS
RFPL Trustees approve lease for temporary library location
ROCKINGHAM
Town backs employee in case of spoofed email
Village, Town Attorney calls messages ‘attempt to discredit’ BF Village Clerk
WINDHAM COUNTY
Hungry kids can get food
20 sites in county to offer free meals to youths this summer
BRATTLEBORO
Paving work begins on Interstate 91 between Brattleboro, Rockingham
BRATTLEBORO
CineSLAM Film Festival celebrates marriage equality
MARLBORO
French masterpieces for a midsummer’s night
Brattleboro Concert Choir performs Faure’s ‘Requiem,’ Charpentier’s ‘Te Deum’ at Marlboro College
MARLBORO
A matter of trust
New ATP production explores the dilemmas of truth, reality, and marital fidelity
BRATTLEBORO
A new approach to an old tragedy
NEYT alumni transform Lorca’s ‘Blood Wedding’ into a folk opera
BRATTLEBORO
‘Twelfth Night’ is this year’s Shakespeare in the Park production
SOUTH NEWFANE
Weekend in an artist’s cabin is the prize in Rock River Artists Tour raffle
TOWNSHEND
Leland & Gray Players offer Summer Performing Arts Exploration 2013
PUTNEY
New resonance
In the wake of the Bangladesh factory collapse, artists tell a century-old story that’s as fresh as the morning headlines
BRATTLEBORO
Dance festival to debut
Preparations begin for ‘monumental event’ in July
BRATTLEBORO
History, imagination intersect in new work
‘Not What Happened’ recreates a fragment of time as imagined by a playwright and a photographer
BRATTLEBORO
Eight good reasons to eat local food
BRATTLEBORO
A culinary homage to ‘Arrested Development’
Don’t make a huge mistake — make these cornballs. But no touching.
BRATTLEBORO
When oil and water do mix
The art and science of making your own mayonnaise: the possibilities are endless
BRATTLEBORO
The artisan-cheese revolution
What does it all mean? Well, purer and more healthful food, for starters
BRATTLEBORO
A way forward from a ‘black market’ in meat
New slaughtering rules allowing on-farm outdoor slaughter will take effect for ‘hyperlocal’ meat farmers
BRATTLEBORO
Scraps equals soufflé
Conservation in the kitchen is a value that any cook should embrace
BRATTLEBORO
Loving your work
I found a job that satisfied my two main character traits: geekery and hedonism. I was in the right place.
BRATTLEBORO
Food lust
A trip to Los Angeles offers a worldly explosion of taste
BRATTLEBORO
Sour sign of spring
Rhubarb comes to life
BRATTLEBORO
Mamas, don’t let your babies grow up to be cheesemongers
It is not the greatest profession...except when it is
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