BRATTLEBORO — Thank you for documenting Bill Guay's effect on us.
A memorial is being planned for Mon., Feb. 15 at 10 a.m. at the First Baptist Church, 190 Main St., Brattleboro.
Rick Holmes, of Marlboro, is a retired newspaper editor and columnist. MARLBORO-Ho Chi Minh City,
BRATTLEBORO-In Brattleboro, a significant amount of public discourse happens online. While social media can be...
GREENFIELD, MASS.-When I saw the cover of The Commons, I decided to look over this...
BRATTLEBORO-The Brattleboro Area Interfaith Youth Group went off to Asheville, North Carolina! The multicultural group...
Almost four years ago to the day, as Tropical Storm Irene whooshed through Vermont, residents, staff, and emergency services scrambled to evacuate Melrose Terrace as the storm's heavy rainfall contributed to flash flooding statewide. When the storm waters receded from one of the town's largest public housing areas, Brattleboro Housing Authority Executive Director Chris Hart and the Housing Commissioners stood in the mud and examined the extensive damage. Built in 1965, the 80-unit Melrose, nestled next to the Whetstone Brook...
Stone Church Arts presents two world-class musicians, pianist Virginia Eskin and mandolinist August Watters, on Saturday, Feb. 25, at Immanuel Episcopal Church, the stone church on the hill at 20 Church St. Watters is a multi-stylistic, improvising mandolinist, composer/arranger, and teacher in Boston. His work as an interpreter, improviser, composer, and arranger bridges contemporary classical music, jazz, folk-music traditions, and the historical concert-mandolin repertoire. He is the founder of the New England Mandolin Ensemble, Boston Mandolins, the Festival of Mandolin...
It is spring, and the upriver migrations of shad, American eel, sea lamprey, and other minor players in the migration game are getting underway. Unfortunately, many people do not like sea lamprey - even if they have never seen one, they know they do not like it. Unfortunately, the misunderstood nature of sea lamprey in our watershed fuels the dislike. So right from the get-go, know that we should value the sea lamprey, for it is not a parasite to...
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