BRATTLEBORO — This is a great story and tribute to Marty Rancourt. I can say I've known him since he was born.
Good luck to him as he opens a new door.
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...
Through a grant from the Vermont Community Foundation, volunteers in the Frost, Elm, Elliot Triangle Neighborhood (F.E.E.T. Neighbors) came together on June 12 to plant six barrels of flowers to beautify entryways to the area. “The mission of F.E.E.T. is taking small steps to build a greater community,” said Rebecca Jones, who has her medical practice on Elliot Street, in a news release. Jones helped initiate the F.E.E.T. effort when alleged drug dealing was affecting her neighbors and others sense...
Rusty DeWees returns with all new material to the historic Jamaica Town Hall on Saturday, Nov. 9. DeWees delivers an old-time traditional evening of entertainment with iconic Vermont humor that is “part comedian, part musician, all Yankee with a side of cussin' to amuse everyone ... almost,” according to a news release. The Boston Globe has called DeWees “inventive, entertaining, and exceptional.” He was raised in Stowe, and lives up the road in Elmore. He has worked in every entertainment...
I do not call myself a “white ally,” nor do I label myself in any way which commits me to a formulaic list of prescribed behavior. When I lived there in the late 1970s, Main Street separated East Buffalo from West Buffalo. It was a “color line” in a town where open racism was common. When Diane and I went to a Gino Vannelli concert together, neither of us expected to end up in jail. Diane, star-struck, hoped to meet...
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