MANCHESTER-The Vermont-based fly-fishing company Orvis is now facing pressures "at a pace that we haven't...
BRATTLEBORO-Representative Town Meeting members met in a special session on May 27 and approved a...
BRATTLEBORO-Great-great-grandmother Shirley Squires is also a great, great fundraiser. The 94-year-old Guilford resident arrived at...
BRATTLEBORO-Brattleboro Memorial Hospital is seeking $4 million in expense reductions and new revenue in the...
This year's election marks Brattleboro attorney Gwen Harris' fourth run for the position of Windham County State's Attorney. Harris' previous three tries were against longtime incumbent State's Attorney Dan Davis, who retired in September 2007 after 19 years in the position. Tracy Kelly Shriver of Brattleboro, a Democrat, was appointed State's Attorney in October 2007 by Gov. Jim Douglas to replace Davis. Shriver now faces her first election, and Harris believes that her vision of how the county's criminal justice...
PUTNEY-Mike Mrowicki, who represents the Windham-4 district (Dummerston and Putney) in the Vermont House of Representatives, is running for re-election. His legislative record shows his values. He has sponsored bills that address property tax reform, support for farmers, affordable housing, climate change, education, flood relief, and health care, to name a few issues. He speaks truth to power. He has demonstrated that he can work across the aisle in the State House if doing so benefits not only the district...
Epsilon Spires, the nonprofit organization charged with breathing new life into Brattleboro's Baptist Church on Main Street, will debut its fall season with Victoria Keddie's Electrona in Crystallo Fluenti on Friday, Sept. 6, at 7 p.m. Keddie, of New York City, works in varying media, exploring electromagnetic systems, media ecologies, and “the machinic body,” according to a news release. Crystallo Fluenti's composition is created as Keddie tracks the properties of orbital debris passing overhead. Much of this debris comes from...
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