BRATTLEBORO — RE: “Guilford's fire station needs paint” [Town and Village, Dec. 5]:
A well-reported article. I drive by the Guilford Fire Department all the time and wondered why it was blue.
Charles F. Monette is a poet, teacher, playwright, actor, builder, and U.S. Army veteran. BRATTLEBORO-Recently,
Lachlan Francis chairs the Windham County Democratic Committee. WESTMINSTER-Democrats in the state Legislature scored some...
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If there is to be a combined Community College of Vermont/Vermont Technical College campus in downtown Brattleboro, Peter Johnson would like to see it on Flat Street. Johnson, owner of Emerson's Furniture on Elliot Street, is touting a building he recently purchased at 47 Flat St., the former Sanel Auto Parts store, as the ideal location. The virtues of what he calls “The Brattleboro Quad” are many. “We've got 425 parking spaces within 200 yards of the building,” Johnson said.
Canal Street Art Gallery, 23 Canal Street, presents “Life,” a collection of artworks displaying awe, coexistence, and mindfulness of life featuring artists Judy Hawkins, Carol Keiser, and MC Noyes, on view through Feb. 11. Hawkins, based in Westminster West, paints using layers and glazes of brilliant and high contrast color which is built up, removed, and reapplied, to make landscapes which share the artist's awe for life. She paints with the intention of learning something new from each experience during...
Having recently read Ron Chernow's book Grant, I learned in detail about the life of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and about the Civil War itself. The South struggled with a shortage of career military leaders. To fill the gap, they turned to using civilians. One could get a position and title if one was politically connected. It helped to be an industrial leader or the owner of a large amount of land - which also meant that one owned slaves.
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