RE: “A good session for our lawmakers” [Editorial, May 16]:
A “good session” if you call redistributing other people's money good.
Michael Gigante, the clinician at the Brattleboro AIDS Project (now the AIDS Project of Southern...
BELLOWS FALLS-My name is Dylan Stewart, and I am a senior at Windham Regional Career...
NEWFANE-Like a spoiled child, Donald Trump is whining about wanting a birthday parade that will...
Timothy Belknap is a Brattleboro Representative Town Meeting member representing District 9. For more information...
Democratic Senate candidates to hold forums BRATTLEBORO - The Windham County Democratic Committee is sponsoring a series of forums featuring the four candidates for the Democratic Party nomination for the county's two Senate seats. Participating are incumbent Jeanette White of Putney and challengers Roger Allbee of Townshend, Rebecca Balint of Brattleboro, and Joan Bowman of Putney. Forums are Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. on July 24 at the Townshend Town Hall, July 31 at the lower theater of the Bellows Falls...
I find myself in tears for the men and women we send into war (our veterans), for the victims, and the many families harmed by Bashar Hafez al-Assad's callous and venal use of chemical weapons. There is no joy in this for me. I wanted our president, Barack Obama, to actually rise to his own rhetoric. I admit to being a fool. And I would again willingly pay the price for my hopefulness. I will still back him if he...
Castle of our Skins continues its ninth season theme, stitching together stories, history, and art with “Sound & Appliqué,” an in-person concert complete with two world premieres, seven original quilts, and original poetry created by Shirley Graham Du Bois Creative in Residence Marlanda Dekine. The event will include a 1 p.m. virtual lecture by Boston-based textile artist L'Merchie Frazier on Saturday, Jan. 22, followed by a 7 p.m. concert performance at the Brattleboro Music Center. “African American quilting traditions are...
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