BRATTLEBORO — My concern about the decommissioning of Vermont Yankee is that we focus too much on ideologues without adequate focus on workers.
BELLOWS FALLS-Fellow citizens, I write to you with a request founded in feelings of love,
BRATTLEBORO-I've been a supporter of Emilie Kornheiser since she first ran for Legislature. Now, however,
Shelby Brimmer is the owner, with Paul Martocci, of Martocci's Restaurant on Elliot Street in...
DEERFIELD, MASS.-Two years later, Democrats are still furious over Roe v. Wade being overturned. But...
Multiple Vermonts in every color of the rainbow line the walls outside Academy School's fourth-grade classrooms. Some maps depict the location of animal shelters in the state, others have ski areas, while still others show the location and types of wild animals or organic farms. What the maps have in common, despite the recognizable key-hole shape state, is that they depict the creativity, research skills, and interests of the school's three fourth-grade classes. The students created their maps through a...
Community theater is a unique experience. For about eight weeks, a dozen or more individuals who have full-time jobs or classes make putting on a show one of their primary goals. They skip dinners, they brave all sorts of terrible weather conditions, they sacrifice their precious family time and even some of their own financial resources just so that they can create a theatrical entertainment for the enjoyment of others, many of whom are complete strangers. Why would they do...
The Brattleboro Women's Chorus will perform its 25th annual fall “singalong concert” via Zoom on Sunday, Nov. 22 at 4 p.m. As members celebrate the group's 25th anniversary, the chorus will be singing songs about rivers, welcoming the ancestors, and healing. The program will be led by Director Becky Graber. “Some of the songs are very easy to join along with, and Becky will teach a song or two to all,” concert organizers write in a news release. Concertgoers should...
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