Michael Gigante, Ph.D. notes: "This is a piece I wrote after the first Trump election...
ATHENS-A group of morally confused Brattleboro citizens have petitioned onto the March 4 Town Meeting...
DUMMERSTON-Dear Gov. Scott, You enjoy a broad, bipartisan base of support here in Vermont, elected...
The Brattleboro Representative Town Meeting Human Services Committee submitted recommended funding for human services nonprofits...
Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin announced more than $1 million in development funds for housing organizations during a brief, spirited ceremony hosted at the Municipal Center on Dec. 4. The funds, from the Vermont Community Development Program (VCDP), were awarded to the towns of Brattleboro, Wilmington, and Thetford. Shumlin presented Brattleboro Selectboard Chair David Gartenstein and Windham & Windsor Housing Trust (WWHT) Executive Director Connie Snow with the $1 million award. Gartenstein said the town “jumped at the chance” to co-sponsor...
RE: “Why is dignity and respect so elusive in today's workplaces?” [Editorial, Nov. 28]: As I read your editorial about applying Betsy Myers's writings to the situations at the Brattleboro Food Co-op and the Brattleboro Retreat, I immediately thought of the book The Empathy Factor by Marie R. Miyashiro, an internationally recognized business consultant. In this book, she focuses on qualities of empathy, trust, and understanding among all people in the workplace, from the CEO to the janitor, as key...
Why would an artist choose to fill an abandoned psychiatric hospital with 28,000 potted plants and 5,000 square feet of sod? And having decided to do so, how exactly would she go about pulling that off? Artist Anna Schuleit Haber will answer those questions and more in a free Zoom presentation hosted by the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center (BMAC) on Friday, May 28, at 7:30 p.m. Originally from Mainz, Germany, Haber graduated from the Northfield Mount Hermon School, earned...
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