Love this story! Ana was my son Leo's preschool teacher. I am so happy for the family and the amazing resourcefulness and commitment that brought them all back together. So happy for Ana.
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 story of Windham County's response to the COVID-19 pandemic has one of collaboration, improvisation, and cooperation. That story was told to U.S. Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt., during a June 4 visit to Brattleboro Memorial Hospital. It was told, in the room where BMH has vaccinated more than 20,000 people since last December, by some of the people who led the response, such as Josh Davis, executive director of Groundworks Collaborative; Drew Hazelton, chief of operations at Rescue Inc.; Brattleboro...
Politicians often like to pretend that there is only good and evil. This helps them give false choices to the public. This is happening today in Vermont's Congressional election. Candidate Becca Balint wanted money recently, and she thought it a good fundraising tactic to ask for donations while claiming her opponent is “anti-choice.” I am the person she is trying to stick that label on. She is being incredibly misleading. Here's why: To be clear, I am for protecting more...
The Vermont Jazz Center will present its fourth annual Emerging Artist Festival on Saturday, Nov. 13. The event promotes new ideas and individuals affecting the future of jazz, a music that encourages creativity and lauds game-changing artists. This year, we will partner with the Berklee Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice and will feature one of their instructors, Haitian turntablist Val Jeanty (Val-Inc). On Wikipedia, Jeanty is identified as an “afrofuturist” who incorporates “Haitian Vodou rhythms with electronic instruments.” She...
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