BRATTLEBORO — Shut off air conditioning in all government offices in the 10 most offending countries*.
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Newfane will return to an in-person town meeting at Williamsville Hall on Tuesday, March 7, and I’m glad of it. The meeting will start at 9 a.m. and most likely end by noon. Three hours. It’s true that attendance at Annual Town Meeting has been dwindling in recent years, and many voters blame this decline on the time and day of the meeting — a morning in the middle of the work week. It’s also true that there’s been robust...
Harmony Collective at 49 Elliot Street will be hosting Hilltop Montessori School students’ artwork for the month of February in downtown Brattleboro. Hilltop’s 50th Anniversary Steering Committee members reached out to the local organization to create this partnership and celebrate the school’s 50th anniversary in a creative, community-connected way. “We are delighted to be hosting this presentation of the children’s art work from Hilltop Montessori,” said Harmony Collective founder Kay Curtis in a news release. “Children’s art is so uniquely...
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