Jason Cooper, a real estate investor, developer, and property manager, has served as a steering...
Jessica Dolan, Ph.D. (District 8) is a Brattleboro Representative Town Meeting member. BRATTLEBORO-Our predecessors were...
Emilie Kornheiser, Ian Goodnow, Mollie Burke, Michael Mrowicki, and Zon Eastes are state representatives; Nader...
SPRINGFIELD-On April 16, during his inaugural speech as secretary of health and human services, Robert...
BRATTLEBORO-Petitions for town officers, Windham Southeast School District (WSESD) Board members, and Representative Town Meeting members for the 2025 election are now available at the town clerk's office. • Town elections will take place Tuesday, March 4, 2025, at American Legion Post 5, 32 Linden St. • Annual Representative Town Meeting will begin on Saturday, March 22, 2025, at 8:30 a.m. in the Brattleboro Union High School gymnasium. • The WSESD Annual Meeting will take place on Tuesday, March 18.
When Brendan Taaffe first saw one, he thought it was magical. When he saw one for the second time, he still found it wondrous, but also figured that he could make one. Thus began Taaffe's love affair with crankies. “A crankie is an old storytelling art form,” writes Sue Truman at her website dedicated to the art of crankies: www.thecrankiefactory.com. “It's a long, illustrated scroll that is wound onto two spools. The spools are loaded into a box which has...
NEWFANE-There is a massive conversation happening right now among Democratic voters of conscience - people who oppose Israeli bombardment of Gaza using U.S.-made weapons - about whether to vote for Kamala Harris for president. While Harris's rhetoric - which at least conveys empathy for Palestinian suffering - shows perhaps some daylight between her and Joe Biden, the substance of any policy difference remains to be seen. For voters of conscience, this is a critical moment to push her administration toward...
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