NEWFANE-There was a time when the 1825 jail house in Newfane would house up to...
BRATTLEBORO-Selectboard members are proceeding with caution about if and how the town might step up...
MARLBORO-As a longtime volunteer and chair of the town's new cemetery commission, Marcia Hamilton annually...
BELLOWS FALLS-In one of three contested races, Paul Obuchowski won his bid for Village Trustees...
Act 46, the state's 2015 overhaul of education funding, spending, and governance, has spurred conversations - some deep, some curious, some frantic. But Act 46 is one piece of education-related legislation in a long line of legislation. What does the future of education look like in Windham County? And what does the Windham County community want for the future of its children's education? The Center for Creative Solutions hopes to help the community answer these questions for itself. Its conference,
Nancy Braus, a retired independent bookseller, is a longtime activist. Since she submitted this piece, two other similar and significant protests have taken place in Brattleboro and other towns in the region. GUILFORD-It was impossible to read some of the accounts of April 5's Hands Off rallies around the country and the world and not feel that something has shifted. In the face of a massive fear campaign by the Trumpers - arresting people for speech that did not meet...
Next Stage Arts Project will present its eighth socially distanced, outdoor event - Bread and Puppet Theater's “The Insurrection-Resurrection Service Circus” - on Saturday, Oct. 10 at 3 p.m. on the Hickory Ridge Road soccer field in Putney. Bring lawn chairs or blankets for outdoor seating in distanced pods on the field, and face masks to wear whenever you leave your pod. Rain date for the performance is Wednesday, Oct. 14. “The Insurrection-Resurrection Service Circus” is this summer's contribution to...
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