I am a long-time colleague of Starr's and a big fan. Brattleboro has made a brilliant choice! The town will reap rewards for years to come. I wish she were library director in my town.
Congratulations, Starr! Brooks Memorial Library is very lucky.
Leslie Zucker is a certified professional life coach, a facilitator of a women's group, and...
Corey DiMario is a musician and the proprietor of Patio Coffee, at the Hooker-Dunham block,
Kerry Secrest serves as honorary consul of Lithuania to Vermont. BRATTLEBORO-A heartfelt thank you to...
BRATTLEBORO-When I worked at a major airport, I learned to refer to people on airplanes...
Mount Snow Resort administrators aren't the only ones irked by the federal government's backlogged EB-5 program. A Florida man who sank $500,000 into the Dover resort's foreign-investment-driven expansion project has filed suit against several federal officials, alleging a “continuing and inexcusable delay” in review of his associated visa application. Mount Snow's snowmaking and lodge upgrades have slowed to a crawl while the resort waits for federal approval to access $52 million in EB-5 money. But for investor Mario Kahn, the...
This week, we welcome to our newsroom Mike Faher, a familiar face to the Windham County media landscape. In what all of us involved hope and anticipate will be a relationship that is as innovative as it is practical, Faher will cover the Vermont Yankee decommissioning beat and will report general county-wide news stories for both The Commons and VtDigger (vtdigger.org), a similarly young and similarly not-for-profit state news website based in Montpelier. If Faher's name is familiar, it is...
What would you do if you had all eternity? New England Youth Theatre will present a new production of the beloved tale Tuck Everlasting, opening Dec. 7 at 7 p.m. at 100 Flat St. Additional performances will be held at 7 p.m. on Dec. 8, 9, 14, 15, and 16, and at 2 p.m. on Dec. 9, 10, 16, and 17. Eleven-year-old Winnie Foster yearns for a life of adventure beyond her white picket fence in Treegap, New Hampshire, but...
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