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We showed each other the way to die
Leslie Zucker is a certified professional life coach, a facilitator of a women's group, and a co-founder of Brattleboro Conscious Dance and ParaLabs, a collaborative experiment in awakening to our individual and collective potential. Maria Buscaglia, who died Nov. 14, 2023, at age 63, will be honored this month, on...
BFUHS Elks Student of the Month
BELLOWS FALLS, Vt. – It is a pleasure to announce that Eryn Ross has been named the April Elks Student of the Month for Bellows Falls Union High School (BFUHS). Eryn, a senior, is the daughter of Sandy Smidutz and Diane Ross of Westminster. Eryn’s bubbly, enthusiastic personality is...
Putney working to get fire department back on its feet following suspension
The fire services in Brattleboro, Dummerston and Westminster are covering fire calls in Putney for the time being. The Putney Fire Department has suspended operations its interim chief and 12 volunteers quit suddenly in early April. In a letter published by the Brattleboro Reformer, the members wrote in part:. “…a...
End of a rivalry: Narragansett and Murdock Thanksgiving high school football rivalry ends
Superintendent Christopher Casavant of the Narragansett Regional School District announced via a press release that the football team will not play Murdock in the annual Thanksgiving football game. Instead, the Warriors will play North Middlesex and host the first meeting on Thanksgiving. Narragansett Regional defeated Murdock, 40-8, in last year's...
The closeness of neighbors
Corey DiMario is a musician and the proprietor of Patio Coffee, at the Hooker-Dunham block, at 139 Main St. in Brattleboro. BRATTLEBORO-I learned of Byron Stookey's passing on the morning of April 12, just before I opened my pop-up coffee shop at the Hooker-Dunham building, where he and his wife, Lee, have lived for 15 years.
Boys Lacrosse had an exceptional Senior Night
On Monday night, the Woodstock Union High School (WUHS) Boys Lacrosse team defeated the Brattleboro Bears with a final score of 16-4, bringing the Wasps up to 6-3 for the season. Before the game, the senior boys were celebrated by their teammates, friends, and family on the field.
Clock ticks for weighing in on license renewals for hydro projects
BELLOWS FALLS-Three Vermont hydroelectric dams and generating stations on the Connecticut River in Wilder, Bellows Falls, and Vernon, plus two in Massachusetts, are in the process of renewing their operating licenses - a process that has been extended for public comment by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) until Wednesday, May 22.
Bandwagon Summer Series presents Yasser Tejeda
PUTNEY, Vt. – The Next Stage Bandwagon Summer Series presents Dominican jazz guitarist Yasser Tejeda on Saturday, May 25, at 6 p.m., at Cooper Field, 41 Sand Hill Road in Putney. “This Bandwagon Series, we’re excited to have a lot more Latin-influenced artists like Yasser Tajeda,” says Keith Marks,...
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