Vermont's “citizen legislature” opened for the 2013-2014 session Jan. 9, and Windham County's delegation, including two new House Representatives, went right to work weighing in on the upcoming session. “Where am I going, and what does that bell mean?” joked Tristan Toleno (D-Windham-2-3) about his first three days in office under the golden dome. The frosh representative replaces longstanding Rep. Sarah Edwards as one Brattleboro's three representatives. “There's so much passion in Montpelier for making things better for everybody,” Toleno...
We have just passed the one-year anniversary of the Let's Take Action Rockingham program set up by our town. During our many hours of conversation and deliberation, we came up with a vision for the future of Rockingham. Today, as we look back over the past year and are getting to go to Town Meeting either in person or via Zoom, is a great time to review what we held up as priorities for our community. The following is a...
Main Street Arts presents a contemporary folk and bluegrass twin bill featuring Antje Duvekot and The Stockwell Brothers Band at Main Street Arts on Saturday, May 21, at 7:30 p.m. Duvekot is a German-born, American-raised singer/songwriter whose songs have been critically praised for their “hard-won wisdom, dark-eyed realism, and street-smart romanticism,” according to a news release. Her bicultural upbringing and relative newness to English have helped shape Duvekot's unique way with song, giving her a “startlingly original” poetic palette. She...
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