Excellent article, thanks! Do you think Hillary Clinton asked Patrick Leahy to be vice president or secretary of state?
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...
Candidates' forums generally follow a predictable format. A moderator asks questions, sometimes audience members ask questions. Each person speaks about their experience, their positions, and what differentiates them from whomever else is running for office. On the evening of July 25, Brooks Memorial Library hosted a different kind of candidates' forum. The purpose wasn't to have the participants give a stump speech or, if an incumbent, review their past political achievements - although one candidate strayed a bit from that...
GUILFORD-On Valentine's Weekend, Guilford Center Stage will present three performances of the 1988 play, Love Letters, by A.R. Gurney, at Broad Brook Community Center. The two-character show will be performed Friday and Saturday, Feb. 14 and 15, at 7:30 p.m; and Sunday, Feb. 16, at 2 p.m. Love Letters was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Drama. The play unfolds as the two characters, Melissa Gardner and Andrew Makepeace Ladd III, each read the notes and letters they wrote...
I have to strongly disagree with Nancy Braus's opinion that adding a penny to the existing sales tax that her customers already pay would be hurtful to Brattleboro. The data from the 1-percent tax added to meals, rooms, and alcohol, instituted 10 years ago, clearly shows no dip in sales in Brattleboro, and indeed has averaged a 3-to-4-percent rise per year, and a 15-percent rise last year. These figures show that visitors and residents (since local residents actually do pay...
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