BRATTLEBORO — I would like to teach you about farming.
I have to say: Kids pick our food. Farm owners spray pesticides on the food. The pesticides make kids sick.
People who work in this profession should get $4 to $20 per bucket or bag.
Leslie Zucker is a certified professional life coach, a facilitator of a women's group, and...
Corey DiMario is a musician and the proprietor of Patio Coffee, at the Hooker-Dunham block,
Kerry Secrest serves as honorary consul of Lithuania to Vermont. BRATTLEBORO-A heartfelt thank you to...
BRATTLEBORO-When I worked at a major airport, I learned to refer to people on airplanes...
A broken sprinkler valve to the Paramount Building on 167 Main St. was the cause of a large water leak in downtown Brattleboro on Feb. 5 that caused a considerable amount of damage to the sidewalk and a traffic island at the intersection of Main and High streets. According to the Brattleboro Department of Public Works, water service and electrical power were turned off for several hours until Utilities Division crews contained the leak. Workers finished the emergency repair around...
I read with interest a recent editorial in the Addison County Independent, which concluded that the objective should be to find a common cause with a plan that allows our rural communities and our farmers to build a sustainable future. Doing so will require bold leadership at all levels around that common cause. Such leadership currently is lacking in our state, but is achievable, I believe. The trends have been there for some time. The export market for fluid milk...
Saturday, Feb. 29, will mark the first time this millennium that February has contained five Saturdays. It will also be the night Epsilon Spires hosts a leap year celebration inspired by the syncing of the calendar year with the astronomical year. The event features three electronic music acts hailing from near and far - Starbirthed and Involution from New England, and La Création Mondiale from Le Havre, a city on the northern coast of France. Starbirthed is the project of...
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