BRATTLEBORO — A ban on sale of assault weapons would be good.
A ban on sale of votes by Congress would be better.
Charles F. Monette is a poet, teacher, playwright, artist, actor, builder, and U.S. Army veteran.
Lachlan Francis chairs the Windham County Democratic Committee. WESTMINSTER-Democrats in the state Legislature scored some...
Fric Spruyt represents District 9 in Brattleboro's Representative Town Meeting. BRATTLEBORO-At the July 8 Brattleboro...
Jim Freedman is a leadership consultant and the author of Becoming a Leader: Identity, Influence,
After a push-back campaign from the artisan cheese industry and at least 24 members of Congress, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently announced it is changing its stance on raw-milk cheese. In its Feb. 8 Constituent Update, “FDA Is Taking a New Look at Criteria for Raw Milk Cheese,” the agency said it is “in the process of pausing its testing program for non-toxigenic E. coli in cheese." This means, for now, those working in the raw-milk cheese...
On Monday, April 19, the downtown arts organization Epsilon Spires will begin screening the film The Substance: Albert Hofmann's LSD as part of its Virtual Cinema series. April 19 is known amongst psychedelic enthusiasts as “Bicycle Day,” in honor of the first time that Albert Hofmann, then a young chemist at a Swiss pharmaceutical company, ingested a dose of a new compound he had discovered while studying ergot, a fungus that occurs on rye: Lysergic acid diethylamide, also known as...
We are pleased to announce that the Putney Foodshelf has received an Agnes M. Lindsay Grant for two new refrigerators. Cocoplum Appliances in Brattleboro gave us a wonderful discount, keeping it cost-effective. These energy-efficiency fridges should help on the electric bill as well, pleasing our landlord, the Community Center, who graciously allows us rent-free space. The Foodshelf continues to see a rise in numbers of recipients needing supplemental food each week. Where does our food come from? About 300 pounds...
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