WARDSBORO — Howard Fairman, you sound like a bitter skier talking about snowboarders when the mountains started letting “those kind” on the slopes.
Don't you believe in diversity on the trails?
“Oasis” means different things to different people.
Rick Holmes, of Marlboro, is a retired newspaper editor and columnist. MARLBORO-Ho Chi Minh City,
BRATTLEBORO-In Brattleboro, a significant amount of public discourse happens online. While social media can be...
GREENFIELD, MASS.-When I saw the cover of The Commons, I decided to look over this...
BRATTLEBORO-The Brattleboro Area Interfaith Youth Group went off to Asheville, North Carolina! The multicultural group...
A federal agency voted on Aug. 1 in favor of allowing cable companies to include the value of services and equipment that they have previously provided at no cost to states and municipalities for use of public property. This vote changes a decades-old rule, permitting the telecommunications companies to deduct the value of that equipment and those services from the fees that have long gone in full to local-access public, educational, and government (PEG) cable stations like Brattleboro Community Television...
Now in its third season, the Backlot Cinema at Epsilon Spires will present an outdoor screening of the 2019 documentary Fantastic Fungi, following a five-course dinner catered by Collar City Mushrooms of Troy, N.Y., and the Brattleboro microgreen company Grateful Greens. The event will be held on Saturday, Aug. 20, and is the first in a series of film screenings at Epsilon Spires exploring sustainable food production. “Collar City Mushrooms grew out of the acknowledgement that our food supply system...
Last year I wrote a letter in support of Elizabeth McLoughlin for a one-year seat on the Brattleboro Selectboard. This year I am pleased to be writing a similar letter in support of her candidacy for a three-year seat on the board. During her first year on the Board, Liz voted for the 1-percent local-option sales tax at Representative Town Meeting, voted for the rental inspection program, and supported all four collective bargaining agreements with town employees (union and non-union),
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