WILMINGTON — Maybe try walking, since you can't drive safely (so you say). And slow the hell down if you can't stop. Genius.
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...
As the Selectboard considers a change to the rides-for-hire ordinance, the issue has gotten more complicated. The agenda for the Sept. 4 regular Selectboard meeting had the Board conducting a second reading of the proposed ordinance change. The change would require Brattleboro-based drivers using app-based transportation services - like Uber and Lyft - to register themselves and their vehicles with the town and pay the same fees taxi-cab companies do for their drivers and cars. The reason for this ordinance...
In this past election here in the United States, Oprah Winfrey, in her support of Georgia's Democratic candidate for governor, Stacey Abrams, tells the story of a black man. Years ago, she said, this man, on Election Day, put on his suit and walked to the polling location. There, he was told that he needed to go to a different location to cast his vote. He walked there. They again told him he was in the wrong place, and sent...
BRATTLEBORO-The Brattleboro Camerata presents "The Unknown Master: Music of Adrian Willaert" on Sunday, April 13, at the Brattleboro Music Center. The 4 p.m. concert spotlights the works of Willaert, one of the central figures in 16th-century music. According to Camerata Director Jonathan Harvey, "He was the most powerful and influential musician in Venice, and his students included the biggest names of the next generation of Italian composers." Harvey added that the continuing reputation of centuries-old music "is always dependent on...
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