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!
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...
A walking path, a kayak launch, a public restroom, and an outdoor amphitheater: those are a few of the design features unveiled by the Hinsdale-Brattleboro Existing Bridges Subcommittee. The group is charged with defining what the Brattleboro and Hinsdale, N.H., communities want for Hinsdale Island (more universally know as “the Island”) and the walkway that will replace the current stretch of Route 119 after the new Hinsdale-Brattleboro bridge is completed. “Very early on in our work we set out some...
As a boy growing up in the late 1950s, Putney artist Art Costa started building toys and tree houses from found materials on his family's California dairy farm. He earned an art degree at California State University at Stanislaus in 1976 and then, in 2000, had a flash of inspiration that Balinese dance masks reminded him of his dad's old 1950s Buicks. A grant by the Vermont Arts Council propelled him through a year of focused whimsy, resulting in the...
On Wednesday evening Bill McKibben spoke at the Centre Congregational Church in Brattleboro. He reminded the room of 320 people (with both glimmers of optimism and bone-chilling clarity) that this year is the year for humans to make the radical changes necessary to keep civilization from collapsing within our children's lifetimes. McKibben said that here in the U.S. - a country with a still-functioning democracy and resources - we have the great privilege and honor of truly fighting for our...
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