Cassandra Holloway works for a nonprofit that focuses on substance misuse prevention and youth empowerment. Gavin...
WESTMINSTER WEST-The United States is in a different place from where it was seven months...
GUILFORD-I want to commend Steev Lynn for correcting the historical record in response to Tristan...
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The Brattleboro Fire Department has announced it's promoted two department members and hired a new full-time firefighter. Lt. Mark Geno was promoted to captain; firefighter Daniel “Dan” Hiner was promoted to lieutenant; Andrew “Andy” Blazej came on board as a full-time firefighter from a field of 47 candidates. The staffing changes follow the retirement of Capt. Billy Johnson at the end of January after his nearly 28 years of service. Applicants participated in a lengthy hiring process that included a...
Efforts are underway to honor the memory of Jonas Fricke. – Fricke's family and his broader global community have created a web portal for all to enjoy and contribute images, videos, poems, clown skits, and other expressions of the artist and his legacy, including important work in Bali and other parts of the world. – The Buoyant Heart Collective accepts donations on a Patreon page, where people can donate small monthly amounts to keep its community art space open to...
At the Brattleboro Selectboard meeting on Tuesday, June 7, Post Oil Solutions will propose the formation of a Sustainable Community Task Force. Our purpose in doing so is to suggest a way in which the Brattleboro community can begin to plan for the transition we'll have to make in the years ahead as we enter an era of energy descent. For at least 100 years, we've been dependent upon abundant, cheap, accessible petroleum for our highly technological, post-industrial, consumer-oriented way...
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