GUILFORD — Many thanks to the generous and caring staff at Hannaford for making our shopping trip there such an enjoyable and successful event.
We prepared 28 baskets, each of which provided a complete Thanksgiving dinner for a local family.
Rick Gordon was the founding director of the Compass School, which operated in Westminster from...
BRATTLEBORO-Have you been to 69A Elliot St. yet? Please stop in soon! It's such a...
BRATTLEBORO-I am a Connecticut-born Yankee American, second-generation Irish immigrant, raised-Catholic, 62-year-old woman working in Brattleboro.
DUMMERSTON-Without wanting to validate Trump's demonization of America's shockingly large homeless population, I would like...
After serving as interim town clerk for seven months, Putney resident Jonathan Johnson was appointed as town clerk by the Selectboard at the end of October. Having a new, permanent town clerk may provide a sense of relief to residents and municipal officials. In Vermont, the town clerk's duties are assigned by statute and are crucial to a town's smooth and effective operation. Town clerks preside over elections and submits the results, including Town Meeting minutes, to the Secretary of...
The Arts Council of Windham County will host a public conversation with regional artists about creativity on Thursday, April 26, from 6 to 8:30 p.m., at 118 Elliot Street in Brattleboro. “A Room of One's Own: The Creation of Inner Space,” refers to Virginia Woolf's famous essay about the necessity for “a room of one's own” in order to successfully support a creative practice. Questions to be explored include: What do we mean when we say “creative space” within ourselves?
Thank you to more than 100 amateur and professional artists who helped make the Windham Child Care Association's fourth annual Fall Into Art benefit a successful event, raising nearly $8,000. This year's silent auction event was again held at the All Souls Church in West Brattleboro on Oct. 17, with the assistance of Suzanne d'Corsey and Joy Wallens-Penford. Complementing the beautiful array of art was wonderful food from the Vermont Country Deli and the delightful sounds of Jazzberry Jam. A...
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