When I recently heard more dire news about massive insect, bee, and bird decline, I decided to get with the program and - even though I'm a complete gardening novice - create a pollinator garden.
At first, I put off doing so because a), I didn't really know what I was doing, b) it seemed as though it would be too much work, and c) digging up a patch of overgrown weeds and cutting out grass sod isn't my idea of fun.
A Thanksgiving tribute to our brave and dedicated Brattleboro police officers: When you are hurtling into the night, heart pounding, to answer a 911 call; when you are protecting a woman from being battered; when you are directing traffic around an accident on a cold, rainy day on a...