BRATTLEBORO-Last week, the Vermont Legislature adjourned after passing a controversial education reform bill that many...
WINDHAM-Approximately 40 people gathered at the Windham Meeting House on June 17 for "What's Possible,
BRATTLEBORO-Three school districts will begin their summer meals programs, distributing free, weekly meal kits to...
WESTMINSTER-After completing its 25th school year of operation, The Compass School recently and abruptly announced...
WEST BRATTLEBORO-As I walk into the Brooks Memorial Library director's office, the first thing I notice is a framed silhouette of the Pied Piper of Hamelin. There's the charismatic leader playing a sweet tune and watching all the kids from town dance behind her. Starr LaTronica - who if you haven't noticed has the name of a superhero - is classically self-effacing. She describes her leadership style as "getting out of the way and letting my incredible staff do their...
Next Stage Arts Project and Twilight Music present an evening of contemporary bluegrass and Americana music from far and near by California-based AJ Lee & Blue Summit and Vermont-based The Stockwell Brothers on Saturday, Nov. 5 at 7:30 p.m. Although falling loosely under the bluegrass label, AJ Lee & Blue Summit generally plays without a banjo. Performers Sullivan Tuttle and Scott Gates are on acoustic guitars, AJ on mandolin, Jan Purat on fiddle, and Chad Bowen on acoustic bass. Drawing...
The verdict is in. The vigilantes are celebrating. Kyle Rittenhouse is free. The postmortem predictions of what it will mean for us as a society begin, as does the fear for our future as we face a free fall into more violence while our country descends into the depths of depravity acted out on the streets. It is now possible to kill someone in the name of self-defense and literally get away with murder. It's a field day for open...
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