PUTNEY — What a great story. It is heartwarming to read a tale of such hard-won redemption of a family history, as well as the hard work and kindness of so many willing organizations and individuals. Great work, Wendy!
Michael Gigante, the clinician at the Brattleboro AIDS Project (now the AIDS Project of Southern...
Timothy Belknap is a Brattleboro Representative Town Meeting member representing District 9. For more information...
BELLOWS FALLS-My name is Dylan Stewart, and I am a senior at Windham Regional Career...
NEWFANE-Like a spoiled child, Donald Trump is whining about wanting a birthday parade that will...
A new factor is making the situation worse - a new opioid-cutting agent called xylazine, also known as “tranq.” Xylazine is used by veterinarians mainly as a large-animal tranquilizer, and is not approved for human use. According to Sue Conley of the AIDS Project of Southern Vermont, “It can keep people passed out even if we use Narcan [a prescription medicine used for treating opioid overdoses], and we have to go to the next step, which is rescue breathing, until...
“Are we all in over our heads?” This is the question asked by Derek Parker, Landmark College's Assistant Professor of Art and Design, in his site specific installation at the Fine Arts Gallery of Landmark College. According to a news release, “the installation leverages our familiarity and comfort with our own spaces, routines, and possessions, against the real and ever-increasing possibility of having it all disappear.” Through community involvement and audience interaction, Parker incorporates the voices and ideas of the...
Kurt Daims is executive director of Brattleboro Common Sense. BRATTLEBORO-Did I read this story right? A school director complained that the "M" and the "P" of a Trump banner were visible outside - reversed and sideways - through the window of the Dummerston School library? And this was upsetting even though equal time was provided for Harris, whose "RIS" letters were visible in the neighboring window? The teacher, Ellen Rago, was forced to move the banners. We at Brattleboro Common...
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