BRATTLEBORO — Visit our slide show of photos from the 2013 Strolling of the Heifers parade, which took place June 8.
BRATTLEBORO — Visit our slide show of photos from the 2013 Strolling of the Heifers parade, which took place June 8.
NEWFANE-There was a time when the 1825 jail house in Newfane would house up to...
BRATTLEBORO-Selectboard members are proceeding with caution about if and how the town might step up...
MARLBORO-As a longtime volunteer and chair of the town's new cemetery commission, Marcia Hamilton annually...
BELLOWS FALLS-In one of three contested races, Paul Obuchowski won his bid for Village Trustees...
BRATTLEBORO-The Annual Town Election takes place for all town voters on Town Meeting Day, Tuesday, March 4, and eight candidates are competing for three seats on the Selectboard. The following overviews have been compiled with the help of information and responses from candidates gathered from the League of Women Voters. The Commons and the Brattleboro Reformer are both media partners in the nonpartisan organization's civic engagement efforts. Two candidates vie for three-year seat Oscar Heller is a Representative Town Meeting...
Thanks, Michael Balamuth, for your commentary. Your ideas will bring out the fear and paranoia of the less than 20 percent of our society that does not support universal background checks. When I was in my late teens, I owned a rifle. I was immature, not educated in any kind of gun safety, and had an addiction to alcohol. But for some whiff of grace, I didn't hurt myself or another person. Now, I volunteer for GunSense VT. We are...
The puppets are back. From Sept. 11 through Sept. 20, Sandglass Theater presents its ninth international Puppets in the Green Mountains Festival: Walking to the Borders. Artists from Canada, Cuba, England, Germany, Mexico, and all around the United States will gather in Brattleboro and Putney to perform puppet shows for adults and children of all ages. This 10-day celebration also features a sumptuous festival gala, fringe events, and community meals, all offering audiences unusual opportunities for connection and interaction with...
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