RE: “Can a bicycle replace the family car?” [News, Nov. 7]:
A spot of inspiring news! If people in Vermont can ride bikes even in the winter, we certainly can here in California!
BRATTLEBORO-Since moving to Brattleboro over a year ago, I have learned that there are so...
BRATTLEBORO-The Anti-Defamation League's 2024 Audit of Antisemitic Incidents reports a deeply troubling rise in antisemitism...
DEERFIELD, MASS.-U.S. Rep. Becca Balint claims that President Trump "does not give a damn about...
The writer is a Town Meeting member representing District 8. BRATTLEBORO-As part of Brattleboro's FY26...
The addition and renovation to the Rockingham Free Public Library has ended up $153,089.60 over budget. While Municipal Manager Willis “Chip” Stearns III told The Commons this week that the “when, how much, from where, 'cash' is coming is not a known set of information,” he added that “the RFPL trustees have this amount of cash held in accounts under their control already.” The total library fund shows a healthy balance of $451,624, more than enough to cover the cost...
Emily Peyton's demand for Rep. Mike Mrowicki's resignation is a textbook example of using emotional rhetoric when you have nothing substantial to say. To read Peyton's letter is to leave the reader wondering what Mrowicki's act of hatred was - it offers you no clue. Even when you slog through her repeated accusations of hatred and protestations of love, you will arrive at the end still trying to identify her precise point. To borrow a line from Shakespeare's Macbeth, Peyton's...
In-Sight Photography Project will begin its spring in-person session of photography classes for youth on Monday, March 15. The nonprofit offers inclusive classes to all interested youth ages 11-18, regardless of their ability to pay class fees. No student is ever turned away because of their financial situation and there are no scholarship applications. This spring, In-Sight will offer digital and analog photography classes that are limited in size and prioritize distance and safety. Some classes will be entirely outdoors.
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