BRATTLEBORO — We here at Harmony Underground see the problem hour by hour. People are afraid to come in the parking lot, and I don't blame them.
We would love to see a business watch, like a neighborhood watch. What can be done?
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...
On day one of the 2020 legislative session, lawmakers will be greeted by bills to raise the minimum wage and to create a paid-family-leave insurance program. Senate Majority Leader Becca Balint, D-Windham, said that her goal is to get that legislation passed through both the House of Representatives and the State Senate by Town Meeting Day. “So we have been in communication with the House, the [Senate president] pro tem, and the speaker, are all in agreement that those bills...
The Brattleboro Museum & Art Center (BMAC) will present a free talk by sculptor William Ransom on Thursday, Dec. 2 at 7 p.m. via Zoom and Facebook Live. Ransom will discuss the BMAC exhibit “Keep Up/Hold Up.” In a statement accompanying the exhibit, the artist explains the origins of the title. “I am measured first by my blackness,” Ransom writes. “Our national story predetermines through the weight of white supremacy and its deliberately established structures how my very existence is...
The Vermont Voter's Oath fascinates me. Our state is one of only three in the nation, along with Alabama and Florida, that has voters take an oath at the time of registration, and our oath is unique: “You solemnly swear (or affirm) that whenever you give your vote or suffrage, touching any matter that concerns the State of Vermont, you will do it so as in your conscience you shall judge will most conduce to the best good of the...
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