A consultant is urging the state to make dramatic changes to its health care system,
BRATTLEBORO-After a summer of standing-room-only meetings about public safety in town, the Selectboard voted on...
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In the aftermath of the Oct. 27 murders at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, the Brattleboro Area Jewish Community is blessed this week with the presence of a great Jewish teacher and fighter for social justice - Cantor Linda Hirschhorn. Cantor Kate Judd announced that the BAJC is dedicating this week's Friday night Shabbat service and Saturday night concert with Hirschhorn to the memory of those who have died. “It will be a time for us to gather...
The newly enacted Education Governance Reform law has set in place a process designed to lead to larger school districts - a process that, if not achieved by a certain time, will result in action by the state if local actions do not result in the desired reforms. This bill is the culmination of several years of work by the Legislature and the administration, borne of the belief that larger school districts will be more efficient and can lead to...
Next Stage Arts Project and Twilight Music present New England's acclaimed roots, rhythm, and harmony quartet Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem for the fifth concert of the 2021 Next Stage “Bandwagon Summer Series” on Friday, June 4, at 6 p.m., at Cooper Field. The musicians offer four-part vocal harmonies, indelible songs, fiddle, acoustic and electric guitars, bass, and a homemade percussion kit of cardboard boxes, tin cans, caulk tubes, packing-tape tambourines, bottle-cap rattles, Mongolian jaw harps, and a vinyl suitcase.
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