PUTNEY — Retired Brattleboro Police Department Captain Mark Carignan's premier novel Out from Under: George V. Higgins would have admired it.
If you know who he was, that's my review.
If you don't, read both.
Rick Gordon was the founding director of the Compass School, which operated in Westminster from...
BRATTLEBORO-Have you been to 69A Elliot St. yet? Please stop in soon! It's such a...
BRATTLEBORO-I am a Connecticut-born Yankee American, second-generation Irish immigrant, raised-Catholic, 62-year-old woman working in Brattleboro.
DUMMERSTON-Without wanting to validate Trump's demonization of America's shockingly large homeless population, I would like...
A comment about cockroaches scattering when the lights go on has put Hill Street Security owner John Raffensberger out of the running for his company to contract with the town. At the June 6 Selectboard meeting, when the issue of hiring unarmed, private security to help ease public safety concerns was raised, Raffensberger's firm was one of two hired. He spoke, saying he believed a private security presence will have an immediate effect. “It's like cockroaches running away when you...
BRATTLEBORO-Palaver Strings presents "Rise and Shine," celebrating the viola. The concert is scheduled for Friday, Jan. 31, at 7 p.m. at the Brattleboro Music Center. This program explores the sonic possibilities of the viola through 20th-century viola quartets by Kenji Bunch and York Bowen, as well as new folk arrangements by Palaver violists Elizabeth Moore and Lysander Jaffe. They will be joined by special guest violists Sam Kelder and Sergio Muñoz. Tickets are $20 for advance general admission, $25 at...
VERNON-Liberal, progressive, conservative, orthodox, right wing, left wing - descriptive words that we use to define people and their beliefs. Powerful language that sets up barriers instead of bridges and leads to awkward and sometimes confusing communications. I have had the opportunity to speak at length with Zon Eastes. Our discussions covered our respective towns - mine Vernon, his Guilford - and the ways we've been trying to bridge our local perspectives to find common ground. We've discussed combined efforts...
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