Becky Chan sits casually with us, her friends, chatting about our youth in Brattleboro. Fellow...
A former Twin Valley student, who is Black, has settled a complaint with the district...
After about 80 minutes of discussion, 242, or 1.7%, of Windham Southeast School District (WSESD)
Representative Town Meeting members went through several hours of discussion regarding non-binding resolutions after members...
Vermont Bread Company and Koffee Kup Bakery abruptly shut their doors on April 26 and laid off hundreds of workers in Brattleboro and Burlington. According to the Vermont Department of Labor, 156 workers lost their jobs at Koffee Kup's Riverside Avenue bakery in Burlington, and 91 workers lost their jobs at Vermont Bread's bakery on Cotton Mill Hill in Brattleboro. Employees did not have advance warning. Workers who showed up on April 26 were greeted with a closure notice on...
As we begin a new year with the relief of midterm elections behind us, many Americans are enjoying a sense of comfort about our political future. We saw a blue wave when a red one was predicted and a long-overdue increase in diversity among those elected to office at all levels of governance. We moved closer to holding accountable those who wished to do us harm, including a past president and his collaborators and insurrectionists. So it may seem too...
The ninth edition of the Brattleboro Film Festival (BFF) has become the latest casualty of the COVID-19 pandemic. BFF organizers Merry Elder, Cyndi Rebelo, and Jaki Reis said in a statement that “after weighing all the factors, we have decided to suspend the festival for this year while we continue to explore options to bring films to our community both virtually and in person.” “Theaters and film festivals across the country, including the Latchis Theatre and the Vermont International Film...
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