BRATTLEBORO-After eight intense meetings to draft a new budget, the Selectboard has voted to recommend...
BRATTLEBORO-When Richard Berkfield graduated from the School for International Training in 2008, he could not...
BELLOWS FALLS-For more than two decades, residents and community leaders have been working on a...
BRATTLEBORO-On May 1, hundreds of people took to the streets of downtown Brattleboro to protect...
In what he called “in a way, not a difficult decision but a sad one,” State Rep. Nader Hashim, citing economic pressures, has announced that he will not seek reelection as one of the two lawmakers representing the Windham-4 district in Montpelier. In an announcement released on Facebook on Monday, the first-term Democrat said that he and family members have experienced the abrupt and unanticipated economic crunch that has accompanied the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic. As a response, political newcomer Michelle...
Running for a local public office is simple. Especially in our current pandemic. Doing the job is hard. Or it should be, if you are doing it right. Anyone can run if they live in the community where they wish to be elected. What they need to possess is deep experience with its residents, a sharp mind with vision for the future, and a gift for numbers and budgeting. Every town and village needs forward motion to renew housing stock,
The Leland and Gray Players open their 19th season with the musical “The Wizard of Oz,” adapted for the stage by the Royal Shakespeare Company from the original MGM film. The original story is by L. Frank Baum, with music by Harold Arlen and Yip Harburg. A perennial family favorite, “The Wizard of Oz” tells of a quest for a better life over the rainbow; it is a testimony to the value of perseverance - and of thoughtfulness, courage, and...
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