VERNON-Liberal, progressive, conservative, orthodox, right wing, left wing - descriptive words that we use to...
SAXTONS RIVER-On Tuesday, Nov. 5, I will be voting for Leslie Goldman and Michelle Bos-Lun...
BRATTLEBORO-Dear Brattleboro Voter, You will be receiving an absentee ballot in the mail for the...
BRATTLEBORO-We were thrilled to discover Mollie Burke would be our representative to the State Legislature...
When Steven Locke took his current job, it seemed like a mouthful to say he was chief of the South Burlington Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department. But the 30-year veteran firefighter knows the addition of ambulances brings more than just a longer name. South Burlington reported 74 fires in 2022, according to city records. But its EMS requests totaled 3,154 in the same period - up 16% from the year before. That's a challenge when the resulting $950,000 in...
Thanks to all who voted in the recent election. Having no idea what my chances were, I was happily surprised when Justice of the Peace Paul Obuchowski announced the results at the Masonic Temple. My fellow new Selectboard members - Bonnie North and Elijah Zimmer - and I learned of our victories at 7:10 p.m. and were already at work in our first board meeting 20 minutes later. With veteran Selectboard members Peter Golec and Sue Hammond as chair and...
Two consecutive painting exhibits at Gallery 34 during June and July will focus on images of children caught in the fighting in Syria. The first, “We Are All Refugees,” up now and on display until Friday, June 30, features paintings by Lori Schreiner. The Brattleboro artist's work calls us to compassion, to take in and respond to the photos we have likely grown inured to or have kept ourselves from looking at, generated by a war in Syria that is...
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