BRATTLEBORO — My concern about the decommissioning of Vermont Yankee is that we focus too much on ideologues without adequate focus on workers.
Dan DeWalt, a frequent contributor to these pages and one of the founders of this...
BRATTLEBORO-What a depressing time to celebrate Independence Day, as No. 47 and his obedient and...
Sarah Ellis is a writer and mental health advocate who grew up in Brattleboro and...
BRATTLEBORO-Analysis of Brattleboro's Charter Revision Survey reveals growing dissatisfaction with the current Representative Town Meeting...
Administrators are pushing ahead with plans to relocate Brattleboro's cold-weather homeless shelter, though it will begin operations a bit later than initially planned. The town's overflow shelter is scheduled to open Nov. 13 at the Winston Prouty campus, a few miles from the shelter's former longtime home in the First Baptist Church on Main Street. Organizers say the recent spate of relatively warm weather has given them a few extra weeks to hire staff and finalize details. And they're pledging...
The Rockingham Arts and Museum Project (RAMP), Sherwin Art Glass, Flying Canvas Studio and Hunter Studios are hosting the film, “Mr. Turner,” starring British actor Timothy Spall and directed by Mike Leigh, on Wednesday, May 25, at 7:30 p.m., as part of Classic Movie Night at the Bellows Falls Opera House. The film is an acclaimed 2014 biographical drama that focuses on the last 25 years of the life and career of landscape painter J.M.W. Turner (1775-1851). “Mr. Turner” is...
School lunch is not what you remember. Sure, there are chicken nuggets and pizza on some school menus. But there's just as likely to be a beef meatloaf with flax seeds served with mashed local red potatoes, gravy, and baby carrots glazed with local maple syrup - a meal recently served by Donovan Hunt of Café Services, food service director for the Brattleboro elementary schools. School food has definitely changed in the last few years, with more fruits and vegetables,
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