BRATTLEBORO — Compassionate Brattleboro endorses, in the interest of compassion, Brattleboro Common Sense's efforts to articulate the Brattleboro area community's longing for, and commitment to, a world that is healthy, fair, and caring for all.
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...
Jeff Battaglini is from the tough-love school of beekeeping. “I had a tough-love meeting with a beekeeper when I started,” said the former plumber and skydiver. “It was really good honest tough love.” “He said, 'It's going to be the most expensive honey you get,'” he added. Battaglini's experience has proved the old beekeeper right. Several years, several steep learning curves, and several emotional roller coasters later, he is now the president of the fledgling Windham County Beekeepers Association and...
Marlboro College is pleased to present an exhibit by Fay Ku, the Taiwan-born, New York City-based artist whose work connects with past and present cultural histories. The exhibit, titled “Ordinary Mouths Made to Sing,” will take place in Drury Gallery from Oct. 12 to Nov. 15, with an opening reception on Oct. 12, from 6 to 8 p.m. It is free and open to the public. “Ordinary Mouths Made to Sing” will feature recent mixed-media drawings on mylar informed by...
BELLOWS FALLS-First off, thanks to Joyce Marcel for writing this article on retired Sen. Patrick Leahy. While the article made thoughtful mention of our former senator's efforts to secure more funding for local Vermont interests and mitigation of the human tragedy of U.S. mines, napalm and Agent Orange in Vietnam, this remains cold comfort to the many challenges that Vermonters, especially our young people, face today. We need far more Town Meeting–style gatherings with our two senators and our U.S.
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