BRATTLEBORO — Visit our slide show of photos from the 2013 Strolling of the Heifers parade, which took place June 8.
BRATTLEBORO — Visit our slide show of photos from the 2013 Strolling of the Heifers parade, which took place June 8.
GUILFORD-The current chair of the Selectboard and the person who has been suing him and...
BRATTLEBORO-Unless immediate decisive action is taken to transform Vermont's health care system, it will be...
GUILFORD-As an illustration of the deep mistrust and divisiveness happening in Guilford right now, a...
BRATTLEBORO-MaryJane Renaud Giroux remembers the day in 1961 when her father, Hyacinth Renaud, came home...
Incumbent Selectboard member Elizabeth McLoughlin held on to her three-year seat, while newcomers Peter “Fish” Case and Franz Reichsman won one-year seats on the board in the March 7 town election. Meanwhile, voters rejected a referendum on “just cause” eviction in a 1,221-656 vote. All the Selectboard races were close. McLoughlin won her second three-year term over former board member Dick DeGray, 1,005–920. McLoughlin told The Commons last month that she sees the greatest challenges for Brattleboro in the next...
David Zuckerman is the better candidate for governor. He is the leading voice in the state for a living wage, green jobs, and racial and environmental justice. His opponent, Gov. Phil Scott, is a governor of vetoes. He has vetoed bills to raise the minimum wage, to provide paid family leave, and to lower carbon emissions. Gov. Scott is holding Vermont back. David Zuckerman is working for a better future. When on Sept. 15 Gov. Scott vetoed the Global Warming...
The Wellness Committee of the Windham Southeast Supervisory Union is launching Let's Read 2019, a community reading initiative, during the summer and fall of 2019. All members of the communities of Brattleboro, Dummerston, Guilford, Putney, and Vernon ages 9 and up are encouraged to participate. Let's Read 2019 will feature The Benefits of Being an Octopus by local author Ann Braden. This book is appropriate for children in fourth grade and up, as well as adults. Several events - including...
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