BRATTLEBORO — Landmark College journalism student William Epifanio contributed reporting to the July 3 Special Focus section “Flying signs.” The Commons attributed him incorrectly in the credits for that project.
PUTNEY-After years of planning and navigating legal challenges, co-developers Windham-Windsor Housing Trust (WWHT) and Burlington-based...
BRATTLEBORO-Most matriarchs observe Mother's Day on the second Sunday in May. But Guilford great-great-grandmother Shirley...
ROCKINGHAM-A crew from Hartgen Archeological Associates spent a week at the Rockingham Meeting House earlier...
BRATTLEBORO-The Brattleboro Area Farmers' Market (BAFM) is proudly celebrating 50-plus years of bringing locally grown...
State Rep. Carolyn Partridge, D-Windham, wishes she could take back her “yea” vote on Act 46. “I'm afraid that all of the information and all of the intent of this was not made really clear at the time this was going through,” she said. Partridge's statement summarizes the frustrations for many opponents of Act 46, a 2015 law that implemented education reform in the state. Vermont schools are wrestling with keeping costs down amid shrinking school populations. Key to the...
BRATTLEBORO-The Brattleboro Museum & Art Center (BMAC) welcomes the public to a guided tour and discussion of the exhibit "Desire Lines," on Sunday, Dec. 15, at 1 p.m., at the museum. Admission is free, but registration is recommended. Walk-ins are welcome. To register, visit brattleboromuseum.org or call 802-257-0124, ext. 101. On view through Feb. 9, "Desire Lines" features the work of six artists who share a deep commitment to drawing as a means of artistic expression. Artists Alex Callender, Nandini...
Tim Wessel is a former member of the Brattleboro Selectboard and was an independent candidate for state Senate in 2023. At a few pro-Palestinian protests that have taken place in town, two of which I've witnessed in person, I've seen several of my good friends and many other familiar Brattleboro faces - people whom I greatly respect, sincerely expressing their horror at the civilian casualties that have happened in Gaza. As a father, I connect viscerally with this horror, and...
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