Brattleboro is getting a shining Starr who has led, inspired, and ignited Building Brighter Futures for Broome, an agency that offers early childhood literacy strategies and supports!
Thank you, Starr LaTronica, for sharing your gifts and passion!
Jason Cooper, a real estate investor, developer, and property manager, has served as a steering...
Jessica Dolan, Ph.D. (District 8) is a Brattleboro Representative Town Meeting member. BRATTLEBORO-Our predecessors were...
Emilie Kornheiser, Ian Goodnow, Mollie Burke, Michael Mrowicki, and Zon Eastes are state representatives; Nader...
SPRINGFIELD-On April 16, during his inaugural speech as secretary of health and human services, Robert...
On the first Sunday in May, Circle Mountain Farm on Lee Road will host Earth Gay, an event where lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) volunteers “will get dirty and have fun planting organic potatoes,” according the event's press release. Earth Gay - an event celebrating the intersection of Queer activism and Earth-based consciousness - is a collaboration between the farm, Brattleboro's Green Mountain Crossroads (GMC), and Seattle's OUT For Sustainability (OUT4S). GMC Executive Director HB Lozito, met Gerod...
From Oct. 11–14, the 17th annual Brattleboro Literary Festival will host more than 50 authors who will be featured in nearly 40 events and discussions. “These authors have given us stories in which we can see ourselves and which also allow us to imagine lives beyond our own,” festival organizers write in a news release. “In their books we meet all kinds of humans (and animals!) like a restaurateur, politicians, immigrants, kings and queens, a Great Dane, soldiers, a 6-year-old...
Emilie Kornheiser is running for her third term to the Vermont House of Representatives as the Democratic representative for what is now Windham-7. Her campaign motto, “Committing to Community,” is reflected in all of her dedication and hard work over the years. Emilie is an accessible politician. I was deeply moved by her door-to-door campaign strategy and her wanting to reach out to neighbors, regardless of political persuasion, to share ideas through meaningful conversation. She also regularly participates in community...
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