Of course, there is the little issue of Richard Gagnon having the opportunity to serve out his sentence locally.
His victim, regrettably, will never have the opportunity to see his loved ones again.
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...
Brian Tyler of A.L. Tyler & Sons in Brattleboro recently built and donated a portable wiring trainer for Windham Regional Career Center's electricity program. The trainer allows for multiple student use in the instruction of residential and commercial wiring. According to WRCC electricity instructor David Hotin, the trainer “is very well built and is a real improvement over our current system” and will serve as an excellent model for future mock-ups. Tyler, who serves on Hotin's advisory committee, said he...
The Latchis Theatre announces the return of its Off the Beaten Path film series, which showcases recent films that might have slipped under the radar but are worth seeing. The series, presented with the Brattleboro Film Festival, continues each weekend through Jan. 3 and 4, 2015, with films for a variety of tastes, including a wickedly funny psychodrama, a timely comedy-drama about the issue of race, and an absorbing and deeply personal documentary about surveillance whistleblower Edward Snowden. “We love...
Not since the Vietnam War have I felt such anger and despair at the behavior of our governing bodies. The Republicans have completely abandoned their principles, especially fiscal conservatism, and they have caved in to the agenda of the ultra-right faction of their party, whose main desire seems to be the creation of a permanent partisan advantage, regardless of the effects on our democracy. They seek to rule, rather than govern. In states where they are the legislative majority, they...
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