Congratulations, Starr LaTronica! Brooks Memorial Library is very lucky.
Michael Gigante, Ph.D. notes: "This is a piece I wrote after the first Trump election...
ATHENS-A group of morally confused Brattleboro citizens have petitioned onto the March 4 Town Meeting...
DUMMERSTON-Dear Gov. Scott, You enjoy a broad, bipartisan base of support here in Vermont, elected...
The Brattleboro Representative Town Meeting Human Services Committee submitted recommended funding for human services nonprofits...
On a breezy, sunny Saturday, beneath a bright blue sky dotted with puffy white clouds, scores of fairgoers filled the town common for the 65th annual Grace Cottage Hospital Fair Day. After an uncomfortably humid week, many attendees and volunteers expressed relief that the weather was so cooperative that day. Deven Wicker thought it was too hot and was happy to take the plunge into the chilly water at the dunk tank, near the northern entrance of the fair. Wicker,
I sort of understand the mindset of people who refuse to follow recommendations for reducing the risk of COVID-19, like wearing masks and avoiding crowds. When I was 11 years old and walked to school every day with my brother, we would go a long way out of our way to avoid the crossing guards, who would tell us when it was safe to cross the street. “This is a free country,” we'd shout. “No one can tell me when...
The Children's Room at Brooks Memorial Library will present nationally known “Kindie” musician Steve Weeks in concert on Friday, Aug. 7 at 10:30 a.m. The concert will be held in the Children's Room and is free and open to the public. Weeks performs with both a boisterous sense of humor and a deep sense of purpose. He has four albums, multiple No. 1 hits on Sirius XM satellite radio (Kids Place Live), and several awards to his credit. His song...
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