BRATTLEBORO — Thank you for having ears for this story, and the wherewithal to share it with us all.
We are headed into what seems to be a hard winter in a land of hard winters. We have to talk about the homeless in our midst.
And do something.
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...
How the town can help reduce housing barriers and create more options to help the housing crisis is on the docket for July 25, when the Selectboard will host a second of two public hearings about proposed land use amendments. The board adopted "advancing housing initiatives" as one of five overall primary goals for fiscal 2024 at its first-ever June retreat to identify top priorities in town. Selectboard members hosted the first hearing on July 11. "This is innovative and...
Proving once again that the pen is mightier than the sword, Iowa's Republican governor, Kim Reynolds, signed into law on March 9 the first of what could be a nationwide avalanche of voter suppression laws that surpasses anything like this since the Jim Crow era. With 253 similar bills being pushed by Republican legislatures in 43 states, the assault against democracy by the increasingly desperate Grand Old Party continues. The Republicans have become a minority party that cannot win elections...
River Gallery School (RGS) recently received $3,000 from the Vermont Community Foundation's Spark Connecting Community grant program. The grant will help further RGS's mission of reducing the economic, racial, and social barriers to art making. “The school welcomes the BIPOC community to come find connection, support, and creative experience in River Gallery School's vibrant upstairs art studio, led by Roxell Bartholomew and in the company of other local BIPOC residents,” it said in a news release. “There is a studio...
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