BRATTLEBORO — Last year, on U.S. profits of $5.6 billion, Amazon didn't pay federal income tax.
The company's “warehouse associates,” who work at $12.63 per hour, did.
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 Marlboro College Board of Trustees last week announced the sale of the campus to Democracy Builders, an educational nonprofit. The ink is still drying on Democracy Builders' plans for the property. Still, it appears that the Marlboro College campus will welcome students in September. Democracy Builders' founder Seth Andrew is in the process of launching Degrees of Freedom, a low-residency, two-year degree program. Students would split their time between on-campus programing, paid apprenticeships, and online classes. The program still...
I strongly recommend that the good citizens of Brattleboro consider Daniel Quipp when they cast their ballots for Selectboard. Whether it' Washington, D.C., Montpelier, or our local Selectboards, we need representatives who have a good understanding of the growing climate crisis and who are not shy about speaking up about the need to take proactive steps to deal with it. Daniel has demonstrated his credentials on both counts. As a co-founder of the Brattleboro chapter of 350.org, the organization started...
SAXTONS RIVER-Main Street Arts, 35 Main St., presents Once In the Time of Trolls, with performances on Friday, March 7, at 7 p.m., and Saturday, March 8, at 2 and 7 p.m. Directed by Trish Roberts, Once in the Time of Trolls is a comedy written by Sandra Fenichel Asher, appropriate for all ages, that folds together four classic Norwegian folktales: East of the Sun and West of the Moon, Gudbrand, The Squire's Bride, and The Three Aunts. In this...
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