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Town Meeting Day is Tuesday
Voters throughout the county will assemble on Town Meeting Day on Tuesday, March 3, unless otherwise specified. For original copies of most of the warnings for these meetings, visit townmeeting2015.commonsnews.org.
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• Voting for town officers takes place at the Athens Elementary School from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
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LETTERS FROM READERS
Westminster should buy stone quarry
VIEWPOINT
Brattleboro Selectboard opposes charter amendments
Ballot initiatives ‘anti-democratic,’ ‘confusing,’ ‘confusing and arbitrary’
LETTERS FROM READERS
Say no to Brattleboro local-option sales tax
LETTERS FROM READERS
These three women deserve your vote in Newfane
LETTERS FROM READERS
Hatcher: Why am I stepping up to run for Selectboard in Newfane?
LETTERS FROM READERS
Thanks for Maggie Lake memoriam
LETTERS FROM READERS
They still sound great
LETTERS FROM READERS
Give it a rest!
LETTERS FROM READERS
Take responsibility for your vehicle being towed
LETTERS FROM READERS
There will always be some radiation; the question is, ‘How much?’
LETTERS FROM READERS
Vote Kim Friedman for Newfane moderator
LETTERS FROM READERS
Thank you, everyone. It’s been a fun-filled ride!
LETTERS FROM READERS
Vermont teddy bears and Rush don’t mix
LETTERS FROM READERS
Support for Dowling
LETTERS FROM READERS
Selectboard candidate’s vision for Newfane
WINDHAM COUNTY
Colonel girls top Stowe in OT in hockey playoffs
WINDHAM COUNTY
Girls’ basketball playoffs begin this week
WINDHAM COUNTY
Colonel hockey teams pick up key home wins
WINDHAM COUNTY
‘Hoops for Hope’ games at Leland & Gray raise $2,000
BRATTLEBORO
Countdown begins for 93rd Harris Hill Ski Jump
WINDHAM COUNTY
Bulldogs chomp on Rebel girls, 54-20
WINDHAM COUNTY
Jacks jump Terrier boys, 56-39
WINDHAM COUNTY
Colonel girls come up big against MAU
WINDHAM COUNTY
Rebel boys begin to recover from shaky start
WINDHAM COUNTY
Wasps sting Colonel boys in wild 7-6 hockey game
BRATTLEBORO
‘Family to Family’ course offered for families of individuals with major mental illnesses
BRATTLEBORO
BDCC, Stroll offer $68,000 in business planning competition prizes
BRATTLEBORO
Brattleboro Boys & Girls Club to share in $550,000 in federal grant money
BRATTLEBORO
United Way invites Community Impact Grant applications
BRATTLEBORO
Brooks Memorial Library reaches its Annual Appeal goal
BRATTLEBORO
Marlboro College renews Board Leadership Institute program
WESTMINSTER
Ski for Heat events to raise money to keep low-income Vermonters warm this winter
BRATTLEBORO
Friends of Brooks Memorial Library seeks book donations
BRATTLEBORO
Entergy to continue supporting Drop In Center programs, services
BRATTLEBORO
Brattleboro Police offer tips for motorists, pedestrians on safely sharing the streets
BRATTLEBORO
Your logo imparts a visual foundation for your business
A communications pro offers some introductory tips for developing your brand
WINDHAM COUNTY
Local downtowns share in $2.4 million in state tax incentives
WINDHAM COUNTY
Application workshops scheduled for Windham County Economic Development Program
BRATTLEBORO
Because a good place to live tops the list
Local media entrepreneurs discuss why they call Windham County home
BELLOWS FALLS
Area businesses turn ‘likes’ into scholarship funds for Meeting Waters YMCA
BRATTLEBORO
A new role for a pediatric pro
After nearly 40 years in medicine, Dr. Jane Katz Field moves into dealing with ‘big picture’ public health issues
WINDHAM COUNTY
FairPoint expands broadband coverage
Newfane, Putney, Townshend, Westminster, Whitingham, and Wilmington get more access
BRATTLEBORO
Brattleboro downtown shops to close
Owners of Verde, At the Oasis cite personal reasons, not business climate, for stepping away
BRATTLEBORO
Area health festival invites exhibitors
BRATTLEBORO
Vermont State Parks taps Whetstone Station for new pint partnership
WINDHAM COUNTY
Links to Town Meeting warnings
BRATTLEBORO
NRC takes comment on VY decommissioning report
Audience questions the adequacy of plans and regulations
BRATTLEBORO
Community contributors
Brattleboro Area Chamber of Commerce honors Person of the Year, Corporate Citizen of the Year
BRATTLEBORO
Man accused of burglary arrested inside school building
Suspect captured by police without incident, thanks to quick thinking by staff
WINDHAM COUNTY
Around the Towns
BRATTLEBORO
Budgets keep rising, but turnout keeps falling
BUHS district budget meeting ignored by 99.5 percent of eligible voters
BRATTLEBORO
Will ballot questions restore free speech or create confusion?
Charter amendments could increase voters participation — or leave holes in representation
WEST BRATTLEBORO
Thinking globally, thriving locally
West Brattleboro businesses invited to discuss economic development ideas
BRATTLEBORO
Knickerbocker leads U.S. jumpers at Harris Hill
Brattleboro native finishes first in Pepsi Challenge, second in Open Class of Harris Memorial
WINDHAM COUNTY
Around the Towns
BRATTLEBORO
BUHS district budget approved
Only 0.5 percent of voters turnout for annual meeting
BRATTLEBORO
Let it snow! Or not.
Snow days, while fun for students, can mean a longer school year
VERNON
Low levels of Strontium-90 found in VY monitoring well
No immediate risk to health; Entergy will not change monitoring based on test results
MARLBORO
Marlboro College names new president
Kevin Quigley, director of Peace Corps operations in Thailand, assumes the role this summer
BRATTLEBORO
Snow piling up in southern Vermont
Latest storm leaves about a foot more on snow-weary county
BRATTLEBORO
Heater explosion blamed for Brattle Street apartment fire
Seven residents displaced by fire, two are treated for minor injuries
BRATTLEBORO
How to sign up for VT-Alert
BRATTLEBORO
Brattleboro changes emergency notification system
With reductions to Entergy's emergency management funding on the horizon, BFD rethinks sending messages
WINDHAM COUNTY
Around the Towns
BRATTLEBORO
Groundhog Day storm leaves about a foot of snow across Windham County
GUILFORD
Voters to consider ‘playscape’ proposal
Volunteers seek permission to create natural community environment on town property in Guilford Center Village
WINDHAM COUNTY
Town Meeting Day is Tuesday
A summary of the agendas for 21 Windham County towns
WESTMINSTER
Races for both contested school board seats in Westminster
WILMINGTON
No injuries reported in Wilmington house fire
PUTNEY
TransCanada, Putney gird for legal fight over flood-easement value
One of 10 active lawsuits contests the municipal use of 2010 assessment of hydroelectric facilities
WINDHAM COUNTY
VTA surveys West River Valley residents on new cellphone coverage project
WESTMINSTER
Fontaine steps in as acting Kurn Hattin Principal
GUILFORD
Lakota activist, spiritual leader to visit
Concert presentation to benefit interfaith youth trip to North Dakota
BRATTLEBORO
Centre Congregational appoints interim pastor
VERNON
Local readers meet local writers
Library looks to expand series of visits from regional authors
BRATTLEBORO
BMAC hosts concert with UMass Percussion Group
BRATTLEBORO
Who is Ezlerh?
Find out on Feb. 27, 28 at Hooker-Dunham Theater
BRATTLEBORO
VJC presents Joel Harrison’s Mother Stump, Julian Gerstin Sextet
BRATTLEBORO
NEYT receives Cultural Facilties grant from Vermont Arts Council
BRATTLEBORO
Brattleboro Concert Choir to host community sing of Mozart Requiem
PUTNEY
‘Mythologies’ exhibit to open at Landmark College’s Fine Arts Gallery
PUTNEY
Broadway talent performs in free Weston Playhouse concert
BRATTLEBORO
Brattleboro Museum & Art Center exhibits award-winning work by Vermont teens
GUILFORD
Guilford Sound hosts analog workshop with Larry Crane, Speedy Ortiz
BRATTLEBORO
Annual Brattleboro Rotary Club International Film & Food Festival set for March 1
BRATTLEBORO
Food Connects chooses cabbage as February’s ‘Harvest Of The Month’
BRATTLEBORO
New approaches to some old favorites
BRATTLEBORO
Make friends with cabbage
A classic and inexpensive winter vegetable is starting to earn its culinary due — and it won’t reek if you cook it the right way
BRATTLEBORO
Bayley Hazen Blue: A modern-day iconic cheese from Vermont
The blue cheese for people who don’t think they like blue cheese
BRATTLEBORO
Chocolate Scat Sampler for sale to benefit BEEC Nature Camp Scholarship Fund
BRATTLEBORO
Stroll presents Beer, Cider and Cheese Festival at River Garden
WEST BRATTLEBORO
A fresh start to 2015
Making sourdough starter for your bread — and keeping alive indefinitely — is wicked easy (with a few caveats)
BRATTLEBORO
Patience, persistance pays off for Sawyer's Artisanal Cheese
With a new milk source and new varieties, Joe Sawyer's cheeses are a hit
BRATTLEBORO
Extending the season
The fields might be covered with snow, but local farmers keep busy growing and selling winter vegetables
BRATTLEBORO
Winter vegetables for cold nights
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