Tristan Roberts ([email protected]) is a former state representative, a small-scale farmer, and a writer who...
BRATTLEBORO-Big thanks to Joyce Marcel for an excellent article/interview with Becca Balint, and big thanks...
BRATTLEBORO-As I listen to all the reports of what's happening in the Texas Legislature, I...
SAXTONS RIVER-An open letter to Gov. Phil Scott: On Aug. 10, I received an email...
Last week's marathon Selectboard meeting moved through moments of collaboration, disagreement, optimism, anger, tears, and honesty in a journey toward local police reform. Over the course of its five hours, the meeting was at times productive and, at times, stuck. But at the end of the night, the board voted unanimously to ask the Collaborative Community to create a Request for Proposals (RFP). The Collaborative Community will draft specifications for a process to review community safety and policing in Brattleboro.
Get ready for an evening of community contra and square dances at Evening Star Grange on Saturday, March 8, from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. A potluck supper sets the mood at 5:30. Calling the dance and playing accordion will be Brattleboro's Andy Davis, who'll be joined by the band Dragonfly, which features two young fiddlers from Amherst, Mass., and a fine, young guitarist from Brattleboro. Other dances in this series: April 12 at Evening Star Grange and May 10 at...
On Mother's Day, I awoke to the images of the protestors that gathered in downtown Indianapolis in response to the fatal shooting of Sean Reed. Reed was a young black man who live-streamed while police chased him, and many witnessed his death in real time. Earlier in the week, I first heard of Ahmaud Arbery's assailants being charged with murder months after he was shot while jogging outside of Brunswick, Ga., these charges coming only after a graphic video was...
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