DUMMERSTON-The controversy over political banners hung inside library windows of the Dummerston School has prompted...
LONDONDERRY-Vermont has a housing crisis - the state needs up to 36,000 new homes by...
BELLOWS FALLS-The Bellows Falls Community Bike Project, active in the village for 11 years, has...
BRATTLEBORO-As described by Adam Grinold, a decade ago, Windham County had the second-oldest population in...
After nine days of fending for himself in snow and freezing temperatures, Rudy is safe, sound, and warm. The 12-pound terrier/dachshund mix, who jumped out of a transport vehicle on Jan. 15, finally came in from the cold on Jan. 23 after two volunteers set a trap at a feeding station. “I think he rescued me,” said volunteer Scott Whitehill, who was able to bring Rudy in. “I think he decided I'd been tortured enough and said, 'I can't do...
Traffic safety is a major concern of and for the people of Brattleboro. The Traffic Safety Committee meets the fourth Tuesday of each month at 8:30 a.m. At these meetings, the committee and citizens work to find remedies for traffic issues the public have voiced concerns about. The public input is very helpful because it comes from common folk who actually experience problematic situations in their respective areas of town, usually daily. I am sure Police Chief Michael Fitzgerald was...
You might say that it takes a village to make a book. Certainly that would seem the case with Waking the Dead in Real Time, a limited-edition, 48-page monograph written, designed, illustrated, and published by a group of talented men and women who live in and around Brattleboro. This unusual work, intended to bring history to life, includes excerpts from a forthcoming trilogy by writer David Blistein, who lives in East Dummerston. Filmmaker Ken Burns, who lives just up the...
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