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May the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center's purchase inspire others to treasure history and not rebuild so fast. Thank you for sharing this piece.
Rick Gordon was the founding director of the Compass School, which operated in Westminster from...
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BRATTLEBORO-I am a Connecticut-born Yankee American, second-generation Irish immigrant, raised-Catholic, 62-year-old woman working in Brattleboro.
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Two tree trunks support part of the 200-foot-long Green Street retaining wall, and the road above has cracked wide enough for Director of Public Works Steve Barrett to fit his boot in it. At its March 17 meeting, Barrett described to the Selectboard the urgent need to fix it before it collapses. The town had included funds in the fiscal year 2015 budget for an engineering evaluation, said Barrett, and the board approved the infrastructure repairs for the wall. “The...
Like maple syrup, fall foliage, and baked bean suppers, the Woods Tea Company has been synonymous with New England since the early 1980s, when the band was formed. On Saturday, March 30, at 7:30 p.m., the trio of Howard Wooden on bass and guitar, Patti Casey on guitar and flutes, and Pete Sutherland on fiddle will perform at Immanuel Episcopal Church, 20 Church St. In various permutations, Woods Tea Company has been entertaining audiences throughout the U.S. since 1981 with...
A 7-year-old boy, in remission from leukemia and living in Florida, was unable to access potentially life-saving treatments because his insurance coverage was suddenly cut off. This is the face of the government's cruel cancellation of Medicaid coverage for millions of Americans. What's behind this nightmare? The COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated that it was actually possible to expand health care services and coverage to more individuals; all 50 states agreed to maintain Medicaid coverage for their beneficiaries in exchange for enhanced...
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