BRATTLEBORO-It was no April Fool's Day Joke. On April 1, five Administration for Children regional...
Moss Kahler has served as recycling coordinator in Brattleboro. BRATTLEBORO-The Selectboard members are facing difficult...
WEST BRATTLEBORO-At no other time since its inception in 1970 has preserving what remains of...
BRATTLEBORO-May the 4th: Be with us! Edible Brattleboro is rallying the community to kick off...
With a new study finding this town needs at least 500 more housing units, public and private leaders are proposing to add hundreds of new homes and apartments. One plan comes from the nonprofit Winston Prouty Center for Child and Family Development, which owns the grounds of the former century-old Austine School for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing off Maple Street. It is working with the neighboring Omega Optical and its Delta Campus to explore building up to 500...
In Vermont, 11.3 percent of farm work is accomplished by seasonal H-2A temporary visa farmworkers, a majority of whom are Jamaican - an estimated 400 individuals. Established in 1986 as part of the Immigration Reform and Control Act, the H-2A Visa Program allows agricultural businesses in the U.S. to hire temporary foreign workers for seasonal positions that they would have otherwise been unable to fill with domestic workers. The COVID-19 pandemic hasn't stopped folks from visiting their favorite farm stands...
BRATTLEBORO-The Henrik Ibsen drama An Enemy of the People will lead audiences to question "the intersection of truth, power, and society's values," according to the New England Youth Theatre, which will stage the play this weekend. As described by Dramatists Play Service, the play centers on "a small Norwegian town [that's] just begun to win fame and wealth through its medicinal spring waters. Dr. Stockmann, resident physician in charge, discovers that the waters are poisoned." When the doctor shares his...
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