This is to all the anti-Vermont Yankee people: What about the weather station they generously pay for on the two-way radio?
BRATTLEBORO-What a depressing time to celebrate Independence Day, as No. 47 and his obedient and...
Sarah Ellis is a writer and mental health advocate who grew up in Brattleboro and...
BRATTLEBORO-Analysis of Brattleboro's Charter Revision Survey reveals growing dissatisfaction with the current Representative Town Meeting...
GUILFORD-A term often used regarding a military action is "collateral damage." This term masks the...
Lawmakers on Tuesday suspended their rules to pass, in a matter of mere hours, an eleventh-hour deal that will keep roughly 2,000 unhoused Vermonters sheltered in motels until April 1, 2024, unless state officials can find alternate placements. Gov. Phil Scott is planning to give the measure his stamp of approval. After a meeting between the Republican governor and legislative leadership on Friday, administration officials worked through the weekend to collaborate on the legislation's final language. His press secretary, Jason...
One day, during my first pastorate in Vermont, I went to the post office to get the church mail. One envelope with the name of a fake organization on it and no return address was addressed to me, so standing there in the lobby I opened it. For the next five minutes, I read about how gays and women like me were destroying both Christianity and the country, and how I was a “pitiful excuse” for a minister and human...
From Oct. 5 through Nov. 18, Mitchell-Giddings Fine Arts presents “Human Textures,” an exhibition showcasing Deidre Scherer's paper and fabric weavings, as well as collaborative vessels with artist Jackie Abrams. An opening reception takes place on Friday, Oct. 5, from 5 to 7 p.m., during Gallery Walk. An artist talk featuring both Scherer and Abrams is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 27, at 5 p.m. Scherer pioneered the medium of thread-on-layered-fabric, and her collages, both in fabric and paper media, “engage...
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