BRATTLEBORO-Last week, the Vermont Legislature adjourned after passing a controversial education reform bill that many...
WINDHAM-Approximately 40 people gathered at the Windham Meeting House on June 17 for "What's Possible,
BRATTLEBORO-Three school districts will begin their summer meals programs, distributing free, weekly meal kits to...
WESTMINSTER-After completing its 25th school year of operation, The Compass School recently and abruptly announced...
Launching the repairs on the Nelson Withington Skating Facility at Living Memorial Park has stalled. Again. The Selectboard tabled giving the go-ahead at its June 18 meeting when the lone bid to repair the compressor came in $109,000 over the town's estimate. Recreation & Parks Director Carol Lolatte presented the bid from American Refrigeration Company, Inc., based in Andover, Mass. The company holds the contract for maintaining the rink refrigeration equipment at the facility. Lolatte said a second bid arrived...
Music • The Wiyos come to Putney: Twilight Music presents vaudevillian ragtime-jugband-blues-hillbilly-swing trio The Wiyos with roots singer/songwriter Russell Kaback at The United Church of Putney on Saturday, October 9 at 7:30 pm. Back from a coast to coast, 24-state tour with Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson and John Mellencamp, the internationally acclaimed, Brooklyn-based Wiyos feature Michael Farkas, Teddy Weber and Sauerkraut Seth Travins on vocals, washboard, harmonica, kazoo, steel and acoustic guitars, banjo, ukulele and upright bass. Drawing from a...
This week has marked Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year - a special time preceding two other important holy days, Yom Kippur and Sukkot, which also take place in September. I am sure I join with many in the local community in wishing all our Jewish neighbors a safe and prosperous new year. Even so, this time of heightened awareness and celebration can also be a time of heightened risk for our Jewish brothers and sisters. Within the past two...
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