Alimony reform is much needed. Vermont needs it more than any other state, considering the ex-spouse is allowed to get remarried and still receive the alimony. That is abhorrent.
Bad law is allowing too many people to take advantage.
Wilda L. White, Hilary Melton, and Malaika Puffer are founding directors of MadFreedom Advocates, Inc.,
BRATTLEBORO-While it's encouraging that we're finally approaching a more inclusive way of recognizing the voices...
BRATTLEBORO-The results from the Charter Revision Committee's recent poll in Districts 7, 8, and 9...
Peter Adair is the author of the books Sacred Universe and Sacred Earth. WESTMINSTER WEST-Unlikely...
School resource officers (SROs) are no longer a presence at Brattleboro Union High School, prompting activists opposing law enforcement in schools to celebrate and Windham County Sheriff Mark Anderson to term it a “hasty decision.” After a March 17 meeting of the board's Social Justice Committee, Windham Southeast School District (WSESD) Superintendent Andrew Skarzynski and BUHS Principal Steve Perrin decided to cancel all SROs for the remainder of this school year. Recent community criticism of the presence of SROs -
More than 250 works by over 200 international, national, and local photographers will be on view for bidding from Friday, Nov. 3, at 5:30 p.m. through Sunday, Nov. 26, when In-Sight Photography Project once again brings its stunning eye-opener of a photography exhibition and benefit auction to Brattleboro. The Vermont Center for Photography, In-Sight's neighbor at 49 Flat St., will host the 24-day exhibition in its gallery daily between noon and 5 p.m. The show and auction will also be...
As I have been a landlord in Brattleboro since 1968, I have been following the discussion stimulated by the proposal of the Tenants Union of Brattleboro (TUB). I also have read Brandie Starr's commentary. I have several personal reactions. It seems that Brandie's comments are an attempt to put a guilt trip on landlords as a group and to create an us-versus-them atmosphere between landlords and tenants. In my over 50 years as a landlord, I have always believed that...
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