WILMINGTON — What a well-written and thoughtful piece. I enjoyed reading it. Thank you, Ann Landenberger!
Leslie Zucker is a certified professional life coach, a facilitator of a women's group, and...
Corey DiMario is a musician and the proprietor of Patio Coffee, at the Hooker-Dunham block,
Kerry Secrest serves as honorary consul of Lithuania to Vermont. BRATTLEBORO-A heartfelt thank you to...
BRATTLEBORO-When I worked at a major airport, I learned to refer to people on airplanes...
It stands 14 feet tall and is nearing 200 years old, but it's in remarkable shape considering what it has gone through in its long life. A large stained-glass window illustrating Jesus' parable of the “Sower and the Seed” is, as far as anyone can tell, the last such artifact from the former Methodist church which was built in 1835 and once stood at 66 Atkinson St. That building was demolished in December 2021, but with the blessing of the...
After Tropical Storm Irene did major damage to Vermont in 2011, the state recognized the need to prepare for future storms of that magnitude. People started to take the idea of climate-related weather events more seriously. In building back our infrastructure, the Agency of Transportation put in larger culverts and stronger bridges, and it paid attention to riverbank restoration, among other measures. Lessons were learned. Now, a mere 12 years after Irene, these improvements have been tested with catastrophic flooding.
Brattleboro Youth Rock Festival (BrattRock), a youth rock festival organized by Youth Services, is seeking bands and solo musical artists from around New England to take the stage at 118 Elliot on Saturday, Sept. 25. This sixth annual festival will be the first to take place live since before the pandemic. Performances will take place on an outdoor stage, with an indoor stage available for inclement weather, from approximately 5 and 10 p.m. Gates open at 4:30 p.m. In addition...
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