BRATTLEBORO-The name "Somethin' Else" refers to the 1958, desert-island-worthy recording by saxophonist Cannonball Adderley that...
BRATTLEBORO-New England Youth Theatre (NEYT) has come full circle with the naming of Ben Stockman...
BRATTLEBORO-An exhibition of paintings by Mary Wright and Ellen Maddrey, "Sensing Landscape," is now on...
BELLOWS FALLS-On Friday, Oct. 4, at 7:30 p.m., an international concert series begins at the...
Closure of the Arch Bridge over the Rock River is anticipated to continue through the fall. As of this week, Renaud Brothers Inc. of Vernon, the contractors for the project, poured the last section of the bridge's south abutment footing. Next week, pre-cast pieces of the arch for the new bridge will be set. The bridge on Depot Road, which is being completely reconstructed, has been closed since March 14, and work is expected to be completed in mid-October. “We've...
Thank you to our new town moderator, David Gartenstein, for his skill, patience and stamina at Brattleboro's recent Annual Representative Town Meeting. The usual challenges of real time democratic deliberation were combined with both the difficulties of an electronic meeting format and the nearly 12-hour duration of the meeting. David Gartenstein moderated the meeting consistently throughout. As a result, more than 100 Town Meeting representatives from our three districts were able to approve town officers, pass a town budget, and...
In light of his experiences fighting in Iraq, veteran Tyler Boudreau will discuss PTSD and “moral injury” in a talk at Brooks Memorial Library on Nov. 5 at 7 p.m. His talk, “The Morally Injured,” is part of the Vermont Humanities Council's First Wednesdays lecture series. The event is free and all are welcome. Boudreau served 12 years in the Marine Corps infantry. As a captain and company commander with the Second Battalion, Second Marine Division, he deployed to Iraq...
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