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...
How long does it take to build a new bridge? When it connects two states across a body of water, includes a railroad grade crossing and a hazardous waste site, and involves one of Brattleboro's least-favorite intersections, it could take 40 years. And they haven't even started construction. Earlier this year, officials with the New Hampshire Department of Transportation began convening meetings to address replacing the two Route 119 bridges that cross the Connecticut River and connect Brattleboro to Hinsdale.
It began with tunnel vision. Then headaches. Then a doctor's diagnosis of a brain tumor. As Neil Taylor struggled to recuperate from hours of surgery, followed by weeks of unconsciousness and sedation and months of physical therapy to relearn how to function head to toe, the 20-something's mind bounced between two thoughts. The first: “I can't see.” The second: “I should be writing about this.” His mother, Alison Taylor, understood. Reeling from the trauma of witnessing her son confront cancer...
Ben Mitchell most recently worked as a corrections educator at the Southern State Correctional Facility in Springfield. He has had a long career as an educational administrator and consultant, and he is publisher of the online magazine Divergents, which celebrates neurodiversity and advocates for those who are neurodivergent. For the story behind this poem, see "I was fired for writing a poem," Viewpoint, Nov. 6. WESTMINSTER WEST-I remember the first time I saw you - big fella, weird haircut, Medicaid...
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