BRATTLEBORO — Brattleboro has been fortunate to have Jerry Carbone, a leader and gentleman, at the helm of its library.
Now for his golf game: perhaps a little more time devoted to the game will pick things up a bit.
Lasse Jeppesen Schmidt, a native of Denmark, is a former journalist. BRATTLEBORO-I will be frank...
BRATTLEBORO-It was no April Fool's Day Joke. On April 1, five Administration for Children regional...
Moss Kahler has served as recycling coordinator in Brattleboro. BRATTLEBORO-The Selectboard members are facing difficult...
WEST BRATTLEBORO-At no other time since its inception in 1970 has preserving what remains of...
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is entering its third year of the six year process for re-licensing five hydroelectric facilities along the Connecticut River, in Vermont, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts. TransCanada owns the Wilder, Bellows Falls, and Vernon projects to the north; while FirstLight Hydro Generating Company owns the Turners Falls and Northfield Mountain Pumped Storage in Massachusetts. It is a complicated process along a river that shares interstate boundaries and involves New Hampshire's Connecticut River Valley Resource Commission...
Harris Hill Ski Jump, home of New England's only Olympic-sized, 90-meter ski jump, is kicking off its 100-year anniversary with the publication and release of its history, Harris Hill Ski Jump: The First 100 Years. The 120-page softcover book is narrated in a storytelling cadence by Brattleboro-based journalist Kevin O'Connor. This book chronicles the colorful history of Harris Hill Ski Jump, a celebrated winter sporting event that has attracted athletes and spectators from near and far for 100 years. The...
I live in a house with a porch that has been described as having the best view in the county. Maybe yes, maybe no, but it is in the middle of Williamsville and faces south, straight across the road into the Rock River from a slightly elevated vantage point. I used to enjoy sitting here and relaxing. I don't any more, to a large degree. To think that our kids used to skateboard and bicycle around in front of Jim...
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