BRATTLEBORO-Selectboard members heard from the Hinsdale, New Hampshire, town administrator that that town's Selectboard would...
BRATTLEBORO-Plans to create a downtown restroom/police sub-station in the town-owned Brattleboro Transportation Center on Flat...
SAXTONS RIVER-Ethan Tapper grew up here. On Friday, July 25, the forester, best-selling author, and...
Much has been written about the effort expended on changing the way Vermont's education is...
Property taxes are going up this year - some of the hike is to pay for the police and fire station projects - but the increase is less than half of what town officials originally anticipated. “I'm happy to report the results of [the tax-setting] process this year have come in a little better” than town officials previously forecast, said Town Manager Peter B. Elwell. Brattleboro municipal property taxes for Fiscal Year 2018 are $1.2214 per $100 of assessed valuation.
The photo was one of the first color images taken and shared by our family and featured three little boys wearing top hats and ties posing together for an Easter memory. It became a classic in my family for many reasons. Each year the trio photo reminds me of so many positive things represented by the Easter season. Good things do come in threes. What does Easter mean to you? Regardless of your spiritual strength - and I hope it...
November is National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo for short), and the Rockingham Free Public Library will be hold programs for teens and adults who are trying to meet the program's goal: writing an entire novel (50,000 words) in one month, starting Nov. 1. More than 250,000 people around the world are setting out to become novelists this month during the international event, which launched in 1999 in San Francisco with 21 participants. Although NaNoWriMo emphasizes creativity and adventure over creating...
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