Django Grace describes himself as an environmentalist, skier, chiller, and lifelong Brattleborian. He graduated from...
Chloe Learey is the executive director of Winston Prouty Center for Child and Family Development...
WESTMINSTER WEST-My recent essay in The Commons revealed the unique position of Vermont as a...
Roger Allbee served as secretary of agriculture, farms, and markets for Vermont in the administration...
A reduction in staff has led interim Brattleboro Police Chief Mark Carignan to reduce coverage from three shifts to two. In practice, the schedule is a little more nuanced. According to Carignan, the goal for the change - which took effect May 23 - is to ensure that remaining officers no longer work multiple overtime shifts or more than 16 hours a day. Consequently, the department will reorganize its foot patrols to align with when the town requires the most...
BELLOWS FALLS-Canal Street Art Gallery, 23 Canal St., presents a solo show by Whitney Barrett, on display through June 14. Barrett presents paper collages and mixed media paintings using line drawings of anamorphic figures along with hand-stamped papers, gel prints, tissue paper, found words, and pages from romance novels. These new artworks continue a series Barrett has explored for the past two decades, creating visual metaphors to express her main interest: communication. "The artist's love of fairy tales, wonder tales,
Dear Brattleboro: I issue you a challenge. Are you up for it? I've been thinking about the nature of challenges and the good work that comes out when we are challenged outside of our comfort zones - the good work that can come when we think on a level outside of what we are normally accustomed to. I would like to issue a challenge to all of us - one that invites us to reflect about the ways we build...
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