BRATTLEBORO — Thank you for painting a quick sketch of Charles Monette, who, after 19 years, is once again presenting his artistic work on the stage. I look forward to seeing “Becoming van Gogh.”
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...
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“We came in as friends, and Robert's Rules Of Order offers 19 pages on civility. Let's leave as friends.” And with those words, Moderator Michael Harty began the 2015 Annual Town Meeting on Monday night. Harty invited state Reps. Carolyn Partridge and Matthew Trieber, who were in attendance, to come up and speak to their constituents, but they politely declined, instead encouraging audience members to approach them during breaks. After, Harty gave his introduction and described the structure and rules...
Thank you for the wonderful and touching piece by Ian Diamondstone about Dalem's Chalet. The official write-up about the renovation of the property into housing was necessarily dry and sketchy, and it was great to have Ian's personal story of his relationship to this remarkable place and its founder and longtime proprietor. Friends of Music at Guilford, which I managed for a number of decades, had a warm relationship with the Chalet and with Ursula Dalem. They hosted a visiting...
Applications for the second round of the Brattleboro Town Arts Fund are open. The arts fund, a program of the Arts Council of Windham County (ACWC) with funding from the town, provides $1,000 grants to 15 community-focused projects that would not otherwise happen without this backing. According to the fund's website, these projects can explore solutions to social or quality-of-life issues, support community building, expand accessibility and visibility for underrepresented artists and audiences, or highlight the town. The other changes...
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