BELLOWS FALLS-Founded in 1995, Parks Place Community Resource Center is celebrating its 30th anniversary still...
MANCHESTER-The Vermont-based fly-fishing company Orvis is now facing pressures "at a pace that we haven't...
BRATTLEBORO-Representative Town Meeting members met in a special session on May 27 and approved a...
BRATTLEBORO-Great-great-grandmother Shirley Squires is also a great, great fundraiser. The 94-year-old Guilford resident arrived at...
Last week, Emerson College President M. Lee Pelton announced that the Boston-based college was exploring an alliance with Marlboro College. If the plan comes to pass, Marlboro College's campus will close next year, its programs and willing faculty and students absorbed into the college of approximately 3,800 undergraduate and 633 graduate students. While trustees for the two schools have yet to agree to a merger, Pelton shared early details. Emerson would inherit Marlboro's $30 million endowment and its real-estate holdings,
Main Street Arts is holding auditions for Hammered, a Thor and Loki play by Christian Borle based on the Marvel Comics by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber, and Jack Kirby. Auditions are scheduled for Friday, Feb. 21, from 6 to 8 p.m., and Saturday, Feb. 22, from 3 to 5 p.m. Performances will take place in July as part of the Great River Theater Festival. Director Annesa Hartman is looking for superpower actors who want to dress up in fantasy costumes...
Sometimes people ask the wrong things from the Selectboard - things that should be brought to Representative Town Meeting (RTM). This happens because they don't know the town charter, which is the operator's manual for town government. At a recent Selectboard candidate forum, there was a show of hands of people who had read the town charter, and hardly anyone in the audience raised a hand. The surprise was that some candidates for the Selectboard and even a current member...
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