BELLOWS FALLS — Bellows Falls has an embarrassment of riches when it comes to art and culture, and I'm proud to be a small part of that.
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...
State regulators have approved a $22.7 million expansion project designed to address “current and future facility needs” at Brattleboro Memorial Hospital. The project's centerpiece is a new, four-story, 20,180-square-foot building that will house bigger operating rooms, relocated medical offices, and an expanded cardiac rehabilitation area. The changes aren't expected to significantly boost patient numbers at BMH; in fact, the Green Mountain Care Board said the project will slightly reduce the hospital's operating margin for the next several years. But the...
On Dec. 2, I flew to Chicago for a national gathering of citizens concerned about the growing stockpile of nuclear waste from power generation in the United States. The participants were all people who share an understanding that there is no good answer to this problem, that any “solution” is rife with dangers, and that creating more of this poison is immoral and imperils our future. Three of us from the area participated in this summit. We brought our familiarity...
A group of local high school students will take to the stage at Main Street Arts (MSA) in a collection of four short plays Friday and Saturday, May 27 and 28, at 7:30 p.m., according to a news release. Members of The Young Company are Simon Bupp-Chickering, Ellie Guyon, Emily Wunderle, Alden Parmelee, Alexis Larsen, Faith Byfield, Ira Richardson, Jackson Purdy and Zoe Schemm of Bellows Falls Union High School. All have cut their acting teeth on the BFUHS stage,
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