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The Gathering Place turns 25
BRATTLEBORO—It started in February 1989 with two staff members who served six families, three days a week, in the recreation room at Hilltop House in Brattleboro.
Twenty-five years later, The Gathering Place (TGP) has grown into one of the leading Adult Day Centers in Vermont, serving seniors and adults with disabilities in southeast Vermont and southwest New Hampshire by giving them a safe and stimulating environment in which to spend the day... Continue reading story
VIEWPOINT
Three years later
With VY closing in 2014, won’t our troubles soon be over? Hardly.
LETTERS FROM READERS
One area’s critical need is another’s pork
LETTERS FROM READERS
Press’ censorship influences course of elections
LETTERS FROM READERS
Drag is fun, but drag is also resistance
LETTERS FROM READERS
Some cycling safety ideas from the UK
LETTERS FROM READERS
Princess Pageant could be much more inclusive
LETTERS FROM READERS
Are SeVEDS board members up to the task at hand?
COUNTERPOINT
Lorde is misdirecting the blame
The musician is seemingly talking only about consumption of hip-hop culture — and that brings race into the equation
VIEWPOINT
Entergy and Vermont settlement: a good deal
The agreement is a major step forward in what has been a hard battle between Vermont Yankee and the state
REFLECTIONS
Making me the man I want to be
Bob was a mentor and friend who was present, honest, and listened
COUNTERPOINT
Apologia without an apology
A critic dissects the statement by Rockingham library trustees’ chair
LETTERS FROM READERS
Candidate: Library leadership ignored the people’s will
LETTERS FROM READERS
Impressed and jealous
LETTERS FROM READERS
Liberty Union platform has opposed nuclear power since 1978
LETTERS FROM READERS
No purpose served in misquotes, trustee says
WINDHAM COUNTY
Wildcat boys reach Div. IV finals
WINDHAM COUNTY
Colonel girls fall in quarterfinals to MAU
WINDHAM COUNTY
Slovenians sweep at Harris Hill ski jump
WINDHAM COUNTY
Rebel girls hang on to defeat Terriers
WINDHAM COUNTY
Olympic dreams on hold, Lamb instead will try for third Harris Hill victory
WINDHAM COUNTY
BF boys sting Wasps, snap long losing streak
WINDHAM COUNTY
Colonel boys find their scoring groove against Essex
WINDHAM COUNTY
Colonel girls struggle through a difficult hockey season
WINDHAM COUNTY
Harris Hill ski jumpers are headed to the Olympics
WINDHAM COUNTY
Twin Valley boys win GM Holiday Tourney
SOUTH NEWFANE
Diagnosis: Murder
Most folklore and most appearence of ‘crow’ in our language and culture
BRATTLEBORO
St. Michael’s presents Middle East forum series in March
BELLOWS FALLS
Meeting Waters YMCA to host camp information parties
BRATTLEBORO
Winter fire safety tips
WINDHAM COUNTY
Public information meeting scheduled on voluntary timber harvesting guidelines
BRATTLEBORO
Health screenings offered at First Methodist
BRATTLEBORO
Neighborhood Schoolhouse revives “half-day” kindergarten program
BRATTLEBORO
Valentine’s Day event to raise awareness of suicide epidemic in Vermont
WINDHAM COUNTY
Earned Income Tax Credit qualifies working families for 3SquaresVT
BRATTLEBORO
February filled with activities at Senior Center
PUTNEY
Putney consignment shop spreads out to three floors
BRATTLEBORO
VBSR to open Southern Vermont chapter
WILMINGTON
Positive changes in the village
Wilmington sees an uptick in new businesses
BRATTLEBORO
Marijuana dispensary set to open in Brattleboro
Amid shifting state, federal policies, a Townshend native will operate Southern Vermont Wellness on Putney Road
BRATTLEBORO
Workforce training offered to area employers
BRATTLEBORO
Just So Pediatrics moves to new, larger location
WINDHAM COUNTY
On The Move
WINDHAM COUNTY
Hinsdale OTB plans to open by May
BRATTLEBORO
What will the next economy look like?
Local business and shopping as we know it are in the process of changing forever
BRATTLEBORO
Brattleboro voters: Yes to local sales tax
Voters narrowly approve non-binding ballot question; Representative Town Meeting will decide the issue March 22
ROCKINGHAM
‘Trustees You Can Trust’ sweep in Rockingham
MacPhee, Hammond return to Selectboard
VERNON
Vernon struggles with spending priorities in a post-VY world
Town meeting stretches into third night as voters are divided over budget cuts
BRATTLEBORO
Brattleboro presents police/fire plans
Town estimates $400,000 in savings from project tweaks; work set to begin this summer
BRATTLEBORO
The Gathering Place turns 25
Program gives adults a safe and stimulating environment during the day: ‘It was exactly the place that was needed,’ first executive director recalls
WINDHAM COUNTY
Around the Towns
BRATTLEBORO
Brooks House team honored with O’Connor Award
Project on track for August opening
BRATTLEBORO
Current looks to bus changes
Connecticut River Transit holds public meeting to solicit feedback from Brattleboro riders
ROCKINGHAM
Rockingham seeks $535,000 from architect over library costs
Town says project stood in limbo after Baybutt’s bankruptcy
BRATTLEBORO
Climate change, pipeline spark conversation
WINDHAM COUNTY
Town Meeting Roundup 2014
WILMINGTON
Police warn of phone scam
BRATTLEBORO
Career Center students place first in winter forestry contest
GUILFORD
Questions raised about plowing Town Office parking lot
BELLOWS FALLS
RFPL trustees to begin search anew
Search committee ‘not comfortable’ recommending any of top three prospects; decision pending on former librarian’s request for injunction
WINDHAM COUNTY
Town Meeting Day is Tuesday
What’s on the warrant in 21 Windham County towns
ROCKINGHAM
Selectboard candidates face off in FACT forum
GUILFORD
Barbecue for a mission
PUTNEY
Board to consider switching ambulance service providers
PUTNEY
Your guide to Annual Town Meeting in Vermont
(except if you live in Brattleboro)
PUTNEY
Sweetback Sisters, Elixer bring honky-tonk magic to Next Stage
BRATTLEBORO
Mixing music, mixing culture
Mai Hernon & Celtic Font to perform at Hooker-Dunham Theater & Gallery
BRATTLEBORO
Jazz center to hold benefit for FOMAG school program
BRATTLEBORO
Giving back to the community
Founders say NECCA’s ‘Circus Spectacular’ is more than a fundraiser
WILLIAMSVILLE
Williamsville Players seek a few good thespians for a Neil Simon comedy in June
DUMMERSTON
Village Dance Series to feature young performers in Dummerston Center on March 8
BRATTLEBORO
Film and Food Festival to benefit Lakota people
Rotary fundraiser seeks to ‘educate people through film, through food, through stories’
BRATTLEBORO
Their gay banjo
Duo brings ‘homespun gay-themed duets and occasional queered-up mash-ups’ to area
MARLBORO
Getting groovy
Hio Ridge Dance Collective to perform half-hour dance work at Marlboro: ‘an investigation focused on rock ’n’ roll band dynamics, groove, youth, and presence’
SAXTONS RIVER
‘Blue Lights for Winter Nights’ wraps up season in Saxtons River
WEST BRATTLEBORO
What do you get a chef with high standards?
Answer: Great food products from Vermont and New England
BRATTLEBORO
Ways to use yogurt
BRATTLEBORO
Yogurt explosion
More than ever, this former hippie food is on everybody’s table (and maybe even for dinner)
BRATTLEBORO
Conservation District presents annual tree and perennial plant sale
BRATTLEBORO
Parm twisting
Moisture is the key to whether a cheese is hard, soft, or somewhere in between
BRATTLEBORO
Strolling of the Heifers offers spring gardening and CSA preview
BRATTLEBORO
Brattleboro Area Farmers’ Market seeks new members
DUMMERSTON
Season of change
Vermont is the first state to adopt new international maple grading system
WEST BRATTLEBORO
Keeping the (body’s) home fires burning
Food is your body’s fuel — and you need to tend to it in the winter month’s, however many days the groundhog says are left
BRATTLEBORO
Having your cheese, and eating it too
Good cheese doesn't have to cost a fortune
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