WEST DUMMERSTON — Seeing the picture of Byron and Lee Stookey reminded of the years of effort this couple has given to the community, and I say “hats off” to both of them.
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...
BRATTLEBORO-Facing a 22% municipal property tax hike this coming fiscal year, town leaders have suggested lowering expenses through everything from curbing office-supply purchases to closing the public pool. But the eight-resident Representative Town Meeting Finance Committee is questioning why officials aren't slicing into the biggest percentage of the budget pie: personnel. Municipal leaders in Vermont's 247 cities and towns, now drafting 2025-26 budget proposals for March Town Meeting consideration, are reporting challenges with costlier health insurance, continuing 2023 and 2024...
The "Music Under the Stars" concert series presented by the Brattleboro Music Center and Retreat Farm concludes Saturday, Aug. 19, with a performance by Keith Murphy and Becky Tracy and special guests. "We always love playing at the Retreat Farm," Murphy said in a news release. "It is such a beautiful setting and atmosphere and a fun chance for us to invite some favorite musical friends to join us for a few tunes, which always feels festive for us." Murphy...
I'm sad to say that the recent Viewpoint by Dale and Nancy Gassett fails three key tests that I always found useful when I was in the Legislature - regardless of whether I was in the minority or the majority. To summarize, they are outraged that a "tyrannical" legislature passed a law allowing Brattleboro to have people under 18 to vote on local issues, and they demand that Brattleboro officials do their supposed duty under their constitutional oaths by refusing...
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