BELLOWS FALLS-On this Saturday, the 250th anniversary of two early Massachusetts battles that irrevocably advanced...
BRATTLEBORO-Greg Lesch. the executive director of the Brattleboro Area Chamber of Commerce, died Feb. 19,
Many people in Windham County look on in frustration as they watch the police arrest...
ROCKINGHAM-The town of Rockingham recently announced that the Proposed Amendments to the town's Zoning and...
Democratic gubernatorial candidate and former Google executive Matt Dunne is in constant motion. On a recent Friday afternoon, he paced back and forth, framed by Mocha Joe's windows on Main Street, talking on his cellphone as quickly as he moved his feet. Once inside the coffee shop, Dunne said “no” to coffee. He didn't need the caffeine. Dunne, 46, is an intense presence and speaks with passion about improving the economy, pulling struggling Vermonters from poverty, and creating affordable housing.
What a lot of people think about ballet is sitting in a stuffy hall watching some tutus and tights as dancers prance across a stage. But imagine being in an open field on a summer night watching a dance performance designed to celebrate Vermont's farming culture. That's exactly what will happen on Saturday, Aug. 20, when the Retreat Farm in Brattleboro presents the Farm to Ballet Project, a celebration of arts and agriculture in Southern Vermont. Outdoors on the Harris...
It's hard to believe that on Tuesday, Aug. 30, during Vermont's recovery from a 100-year flood, 10 anti-nuclear protesters would break the law and trespass at Vermont Yankee. But they did. It's difficult to understand why the protesters used locked chains so that first responders had to be diverted from helping Vermont's citizens. But they did. It's incomprehensible that the protesters would ignore Vermont's local law enforcement when they explained the extent of the natural disaster and asked them to...
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