BRATTLEBORO-The local music scene is getting even richer since Glenn Alper of Northampton, Massachusetts, bought...
BRATTLEBORO-A new podcast, Brattleboro-grown, is now available from Vermont Public. Produced by Elissa Pine and...
BRATTLEBORO-"Music of Beethoven," with Bruce Griffin at the piano will be presented at the Brattleboro...
PUTNEY-Twilight Music and Next Stage Arts Project launch the 22nd Twilight on the Tavern Lawn...
It's hard to resist the charms of a kitten, and the Windham County Humane Society (WCHS) usually finds new homes for them as fast they come into the shelter. But older cats tend to wait longer at WCHS to be adopted. That's why the shelter periodically offers something almost as irresistible as a kitten – a sale. Through June 30, WCHS has its “9 Lives for $9” sale. Any cat over 6 months old is only $9 to adopt. The...
I attended the April 6 Vermont Public Service Board hearing on the sale of Vermont Yankee to NorthStar. Everyone agreed on the desire to clean up and decommission the site of Vermont Yankee as quickly as possible. Although the NorthStar plan was addressed in detail by CEO Scott State, some attendees did not accept the explanations about how the work will be done, how clean it must be, who pays, and - especially - whether the decommissioning trust fund will...
The next Artists Town Meeting will be held on Sunday, March 24, from 10:30 a.m. to noon, at Main Street Arts in Saxtons River. Artists, artisans, local food growers, and the general public are encouraged to participate. The focus of these meetings is to bring creatives together in order to share ideas, challenges, and opportunities. "The more we know each other and can identify ourselves as a constituency the more strength and credibility we gain," Robert McBride, director of Rockingham...
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