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.
Rick Holmes, of Marlboro, is a retired newspaper editor and columnist. MARLBORO-Ho Chi Minh City,
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BRATTLEBORO-The Brattleboro Area Interfaith Youth Group went off to Asheville, North Carolina! The multicultural group...
Town departments and members of Brattleboro Area Skatepark is Coming (BASIC) committee are set to consider yet another location for a town skatepark. Next area up for a feasibility study is land near the Upper Field of Living Memorial Park. The Selectboard approved a feasibility process and potential development of land near the Kiwanis picnic shelter and outdoor theater at the park's crown during its regular board meeting on Jan 20. Approval for developing the land came after reports from...
The Sarasa Ensemble returns to the Brattleboro Music Center Saturday, March 18. The 7 p.m. performance, part of the BMC Season Guest Concert Series, is “All About My Mother.” Taking its title from Pedro Almodóvar's 1999 film, this program offers a musical reflection on the many facets of motherhood and the impact of her presence during life's various celebrations, rituals, and trials. The program will include Matthew Locke's “Fantasy” from Suite No. 5 in G minor from “Consort of Four...
I would like to apologize for calling the LGBTQ+ community “people with unusual sexual preferences” at the Sept. 1 Brattleboro Selectboard meeting, where I presented a petition calling on the board to “fly the We Celebrate Democracy/Civil Rights For All main street banner over Main Street whenever there is a space for a banner to be hung.” According to our mission statement, we are organized and operate exclusively on a nonprofit basis to promote positive nonviolent public action for democracy...
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