BRATTLEBORO — It's a sad day when a writer loses a job. I hope Pat Smith and Mike Fahar find meaningful work that will continue to contribute to their community.
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...
Meg Mott is professor emerita of Marlboro College and Emerson College and describes herself as...
Pyeongchang isn't the only place ready to greet international athletes. Harris Hill, New England's only Olympic-size ski jump, is set to welcome competitors from the U.S. and Europe at its annual Presidents' Day weekend tournament in Brattleboro. Several of Harris Hill's past jumpers - Kevin Bickner, Michael Glasder, and William Rhoads, for example - won't be present, as they've earned spots to travel with Team USA to the Winter Games in Korea. But the local slope is expecting a slate...
BELLOWS FALLS-Today in my mailbox I found a big, glossy, glaring postcard (6 in. × 11 in., to be exact). It was from a group calling itself Americans for Prosperity. That sounds nice. Prosperity - who doesn't want that? The card wasn't nice, though. It had a lot of exclamation points and warnings about the impending doom of Act 18. The card didn't really explain what Act 18 actually is, but it told me "Vermont can't afford [it]!" "Tell your...
For Sharon Myers, food, fabric and flowers flow in artistic confluence. Myers, 77, who lives in West Brattleboro, recently retired as a professional chef after 43 successful years in the field; she plans to spend more time in her art studio and her garden. “For me, cooking, the garden, time in the studio - they are all art forms,” Myers said. “Making art. Making something beautiful and delicious. Making people happy. What could be better?” When you first meet her,
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