BRATTLEBORO — Last year, on U.S. profits of $5.6 billion, Amazon didn't pay federal income tax.
The company's “warehouse associates,” who work at $12.63 per hour, did.
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...
BRATTLEBORO-Two attorneys at vastly different points in their careers are vying for the open seat in District 9 vacated by Rep. Tristan Toleno, who will retire at the end of his term after serving for 12 years in the Legislature. Deputy State's Attorney David Gartenstein, 64, and criminal law attorney Ian Goodnow, 32, of Costello, Valente, and Gentry, are both seeking the seat. Both men are former chairs of the Brattleboro Selectboard. Gartenstein, currently the town moderator, has also served...
The Vermont Center for Photography (VCP) has gone uptown - to the corner of High and Green streets. The building was formerly known as the Midtown Mall, but since humorist, author, and woodworker Tom Bodett of Dummerston (of “Wait, Wait - Don't Tell Me!” and Motel 6 fame) bought it a few years ago, he has been building an art/craft/skills haven with the handle, “High Street & Green.” The ground floor of the four story, high-ceilinged, historic building houses Wheelhouse...
Thank you for the thoughtful article about what to do with a legacy of collected artworks. It sounds like the author, Joyce Marcel, got more than enough enjoyment from the pieces as well as the satisfaction of supporting area artists and that the money value appreciation wasn't really the reason why she acquired them in the first place. A work of art is a bit different from, say, a really large pile of gold coins or Apple shares or something...
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