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A welcome summer resident

SOUTH NEWFANE—John James Audubon, French-American ornithologist, naturalist, and painter, began his account of the rose-breasted grosbeak with these poetic words describing his night encounter... Continue reading story

LETTERS FROM READERS

VY will be missed

LETTERS FROM READERS

Raise taxes on millionaires

PRIMARY SOURCES

A call home

A dean of students seeks sage advice for the perfect parting words to colleagues, students, and graduates

LETTERS FROM READERS

BDCC: Out-of-state firm offered the best proposal

Long-term recovery grant extends beyond Brattleboro

LETTERS FROM READERS

A first-hand story nuclear evacuation in Japan

REFLECTIONS

Swimming in the South Pacific

‘I feel the war in my gut — not as a soldier, not as a historian, but as a woman who has spent her life exploring what it was for her father to live through it’

LETTERS FROM READERS

RFPL trustee: Many reasons why we voted to close building

VIEWPOINT

Campaign finance reform bill was a sham

Galbraith explains opposition to legislation, disagreement with White

VIEWPOINT

Ignoring the talent in our own backyard

Shouldn’t economic development groups try to use vendors that aren’t half a continent away?

PRIMARY SOURCES

The Mount Snow memorandum

Conflicts of interest in ski country

COLUMN

On Armed Forces Day, let’s remember women in war

LETTERS FROM READERS

VY is a tool for us to use, and we'll need it

LETTERS FROM READERS

Governor, has the gun lobby gotten to you?

VIEWPOINT

Snow jobs

When does a company’s business interest clash with employees’ needs?

LETTERS FROM READERS

Keep the RFPL open!

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

On a roll for a good cause

Hundreds turn out to support Big Brothers Big Sisters in annual ‘Bowl For Kids’ Sake’

WINDHAM COUNTY

Get ready for spring: Opening Day is April 8

WINDHAM COUNTY

Three local players named to Vermont Shrine team

BRATTLEBORO

Third annual Tour de Heifer slated for Sunday, June 9

WESTMINSTER

Westminter Cares series continues with tips on how to forestall dementia

SOUTH NEWFANE

A welcome summer resident

Rose-breasted Grosbeak is stunning and sounds like a robin who has taken voice lessons

WINDHAM COUNTY

Vermont State Parks open this weekend

BRATTLEBORO

United Way, local dental practices provide needed dental care

WINDHAM COUNTY

HCRS earns Gold Seal of Approval from Joint Commission

WINDHAM COUNTY

Efficiency Vermont wants your extra fridge or freezer

BRATTLEBORO

Volunteers create new gardens at Exit 1

TOWNSHEND

A new day, new place for the Townshend Farmers’ Market

WINDHAM COUNTY

UVM Extension offers free community preparedness webinar series

BRATTLEBORO

Dogs in distress

New signs in town parking lots call attention to dangers of leaving pets in hot cars

More Life and Work...

BELLOWS FALLS

Hunter, James, Riccio win BF Trustees seats

BELLOWS FALLS

Public Service Board officer recommends backup generator permit for Vermont Yankee

BRATTLEBORO

Remembering veterans beyond Memorial Day

BUHS students form organization to help homeless veterans

BRATTLEBORO

Serious side of the Stroll

This year’s edition of the Slow Living Summit explores the personal journey toward sustainability

BELLOWS FALLS

RFPL trustees again vote to close library

Accusations fly as patrons protest closure plan

BRATTLEBORO

Town has vacancies on boards, committees

BRATTLEBORO

Atlas shrugged

Arts organizations give new atlas mixed reviews, praising document for its design but pan it for a perceived lack of depth

WINDHAM COUNTY

Around the Towns

BRATTLEBORO

USAID Deputy Administrator Steinberg to lead World Learning

BRATTLEBORO

Disagreements, political theater delay campaign finance reform

White, Galbraith battle on Senate floor over details of legislation

LONDONDERRY

Creative resilience to replace destruction

Grant to help with efforts to determine what comes next for new public land in floodplain

GUILFORD

Vermont Land Trust recognizes Guilford student for land stewardship

BELLOWS FALLS

Bellows Falls Envirothon team wins state competition

BRATTLEBORO

Helping area youth consider future options

30 students from three county high schools participate in mentoring program

TOWNSHEND

Firm defends data despite uproar

Townshend Selectboard slammed with calls from residents upset about reappraisals

BELLOWS FALLS

Crowded field for BF Board of Trustees

DOVER

Mount Snow bans local musician for letter on Facebook

Colby Dix defends criticism of ski resort’s new employment policy

WINDHAM COUNTY

WSWMD to hold hazardous waste collection day

Collection sites in Marlboro, Putney, Vernon, and Whitingham on May 18

MARLBORO

Shumlin to be commencement speaker at Marlboro College's 66th Graduation on May 19

ROCKINGHAM

Town officials track possible rabies outbreak

More Town and Village...

PUTNEY

A 21st century twist for vaudeville

NextStage, Strong Coffee Theater revive an old art form with local performers and a touch of the postmodern

BRATTLEBORO

Out of Africa

Mixing Ghanian drumming with jazz horns, Julian Gerstin creates a bold new groove

PUTNEY

House Blend performs benefit concert at Next Stage

WINDHAM COUNTY

Marlboro Morris Ale returns for 38th year of revelry

GUILFORD

Celebrating summer, and the four Bs

FOMAG presents Memorial Day Weekend organ recital, barbecue

SAXTONS RIVER

Jelly Bean Tree now open for season

DUMMERSTON

Vermont Theatre Company presents ‘Deathtrap’

BELLOWS FALLS

Homecoming for a clown

BF’s Troy Wunderle puts together a benefit circus show at the Opera House

WESTMINSTER

Standing at the top

Kurn Hattin earns top performer honors in Children's Gospel category on WGBY-TV's ‘Together in Song’ Choral Competition

PUTNEY

Next Stage to show acclaimed documentary on female veterans

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

BELLOWS FALLS

Burdick’s Restaurant to host benefit for Meeting Waters YMCA

BRATTLEBORO

May the best quiche win

Home and professional cooks invited to enter Strolling of the Heifers competition

BRATTLEBORO

Baking without fear

BRATTLEBORO

Sweet season

Maple sugaring time begins around Windham County

WILLIAMSVILLE

New brews

Checking up on the recently opened craft breweries in Vermont

More Food & Drink Monthly...

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