RE: “Visions, values, and tragedy” [Special Focus, July 17]:
After two years, reading this story breaks my heart. Richard Gagnon, thank you for writing. My prayers for you, and for everyone in Brattleboro, continue.
Jason Cooper, a real estate investor, developer, and property manager, has served as a steering...
Jessica Dolan, Ph.D. (District 8) is a Brattleboro Representative Town Meeting member. BRATTLEBORO-Our predecessors were...
Emilie Kornheiser, Ian Goodnow, Mollie Burke, Michael Mrowicki, and Zon Eastes are state representatives; Nader...
SPRINGFIELD-On April 16, during his inaugural speech as secretary of health and human services, Robert...
Thanks to a grant from the Federal Transit Administration, daily direct bus service between Brattleboro and Boston began on Oct. 1. MAX Bus, operated by Shelburne Falls, Mass.-based TrueNorth Transit Group LLC, will run a round-trip daily bus between Boston's South Station and the Brattleboro Transportation Center, with Massachusetts stops in Greenfield, Orange, Athol, Fitchburg, Leominster, Worcester, and Framingham. “Our service is a little different as we're geared to local residents and businesses needing a day trip into Boston during...
The Vermont Humanities Council announces its selection of R.J. Palacio's bestselling novel “Wonder” for its Vermont Reads 2014 program. Vermont Reads is VHC's statewide one-book community reading program, which began in 2003. Published to widespread acclaim in 2012, “Wonder” shows readers the world through the eyes of Auggie Pullman, a 10-year-old boy born with a craniofacial deformity. Inspired by a real event, “Wonder” traces Auggie's journey through his fifth-grade school year and his trials and successes along the way. The...
The announcement of large spikes in health-care premiums for school and town employees is generating a lot of concern among taxpayers. Insurance companies are raising our premiums because they can't make money on their investments. Since Wall Street trashed the financial system, stocks and bonds and money markets pay practically nothing. Take a look at your savings account since 2008, and you'll see the problem. Insurance companies can do this because we the people don't have the expertise to comparison-shop...
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