TOWNSHEND — If you were at the Bellows Falls Village Meeting, it was obvious the 2-to-1 margin of the budget vote was all firefighters who voted that budget back in - and only a handful of citizens.
Wilda L. White, Hilary Melton, and Malaika Puffer are founding directors of MadFreedom Advocates, Inc.,
BRATTLEBORO-While it's encouraging that we're finally approaching a more inclusive way of recognizing the voices...
BRATTLEBORO-The results from the Charter Revision Committee's recent poll in Districts 7, 8, and 9...
Peter Adair is the author of the books Sacred Universe and Sacred Earth. WESTMINSTER WEST-Unlikely...
The Selectboard has approved the meeting warning for the rescheduled Annual Representative Town Meeting (ARTM), an act that represented one of the final steps to finalizing the annual meeting derailed for almost five months due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Annual Representative Town Meeting will begin at 8:30 a.m. on Sept. 12. The board also warned Sept. 13 as a second “if necessary” day in case the meeting should go too long. Last year's in-person meeting lasted 13 hours. Typically held...
The Brattleboro Museum & Art Center (BMAC) presents two online talks in January related to “Rachel Portesi: Hair Portraits,” an exhibit of tintype photographs on view through Feb. 14. Helen Sheumaker, Ph.D., author of Love Entwined: The Curious History of Hairwork in America, presents “Linking Us Fondly: Hairwork in 19th Century America” on Thursday, Jan. 14, at 7 p.m. Her talk will explore the practice of transforming hair into mementos, one of the inspirations for Portesi's photographs of women with...
The racist threats made against Representative Kiah Morris and her family are reprehensible, unacceptable, and cowardly. Expressions of empathy and concern for Rep. Morris and her family are important responses but will not alone impact the individual and systemic racism that we continue to witness in our state. There is a growing social climate that condones this kind of behavior. Taking action and speaking out are vital responses to an overt racist act such as this. We are experiencing a...
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