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.
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...
The Vermont Department of Housing and Community Development recently announced its fiscal year 2018 municipal planning grant recipients. “As Vermont continues to grow its economy, maintain a high quality of life and attract new people and business to the state, Municipal Planning Grants help communities accelerate local solutions, energize downtowns, and remove barriers to much-needed housing,” said Department of Housing and Community Development Commissioner Katie Buckley in a Dec. 5 news release. Windham County was well represented in this year's...
BELLOWS FALLS-"Finding Hope Within" is the theme of a collective art exhibit on display at the Rockingham Free Public Library (RFPL) until the end of September. All of the featured artists are women currently incarcerated in Vermont's Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility. Born out of frustration during a Covid lockdown at the prison, Heather Newcomb of VT Works for Women, which is based at the facility, decided to offer a challenge to the prisoners: Create an artwork that expresses "Finding Hope...
On April 16, a press conference addressed the major drug bust that happened in Brattleboro not long ago. This media event was held, in part, to commend law enforcement for handling this enormous task and a job well done. Commissioner of Public Safety Tom Anderson also wanted to put folks who are selling “on notice” - an effort that we know, from the failed war on drugs, is ineffective. The idea of going after the supply might make us feel...
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