Trees precariously balanced on power lines, dragging them down to the ground, surrounded by darkened...
BRATTLEBORO-Actions taken by the town of Brattleboro to remove encampments of homeless individuals in recent...
BRATTLEBORO-Busing issues in the Windham Southeast School District (WSESD) caused real mayhem last week on...
BELLOWS FALLS-WOOL-FM 91.5 Black Sheep Radio in Bellows Falls is celebrating its 20th anniversary this...
The Selectboard has voted unanimously to pursue a municipal-based model to provide the town's emergency medical services (EMS), choosing it over starting a new contract with Rescue Inc. Staff members recommended the town model, saying it outperforms any other model investigated, including Rescue, by nearly $1.2 million over five years. Town Manager John Potter said before the vote on Sept. 19 that staff members recommended the municipal model knowing that "for some in our community, this will be a deep...
The Vermont Arts Endowment Fund and the Concert Artists Fund, two component funds at the Vermont Community Foundation, announced that together they have awarded a total of $111,770 to 34 artists and arts organizations across the state. The Vermont Arts Endowment Fund awarded grants totaling $57,700 primarily to support the commissioning, creation, and presentation of new work or to assist Vermont artists wishing to take their work in new or different directions. Eleven awards were made to individual artists and...
I have fallen slowly - and sometimes quickly - deeply in love with Vermont, flaws and all. But some of why I love being here, and being of here, is what I witnessed in 2011 around Tropical Storm Irene. Now when Irene hit, I wake up the next morning and thought, “Oh, my god, there are still cherry tomatoes. How bad can this be?” Little did I know. Not far from me, off of Williams Street, the water was raging.
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