Brattleboro Reformer
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Read the latest news and stories from the local community in Brattleboro, Vermont. Featuring regular updates, videos and photos, and opinions, comments to help you form an informed opinion of current vents un the state. Brattleboro Reformer is a daily, independent newspaper dedicated to conservation and progress in public and humane affairs, covering southern Vermont and surrounding areas.
Brattleboro Reformer
4d ago
For anyone who is old enough to remember how it was before nameless, faceless voices took over our public spaces, many of us agree that the computer revolution has not improved our lives overall. Most people are working more hours than ever, many of us are blocked from seeing films, finding ..read more
Brattleboro Reformer
4d ago
In 1946 running legend Johnny Kelley, upon finishing second to Stylianos Kyriakides in the Boston Marathon, remarked "How can you beat a guy like that? He wasn't running for himself. He was doing it for his country ..read more
Brattleboro Reformer
4d ago
They say that your committee becomes like your family here in the Legislature. And it's true that sitting face-to-face and shoulder-to-shoulder with 10 other Vermonters, spending hour after hour combing over issues within your jurisdiction, we can develop a camaraderie ..read more
Brattleboro Reformer
4d ago
Research increasingly links smartphones and social media to rising rates of childhood anxiety, self-harm, and suicide. Against this bleak background, analog photography is emerging as a counterbalance to phone-based childhood, offering a hands-on, immersive experience that fosters a deeper c ..read more
Brattleboro Reformer
2w ago
March 21 was a dark day in the Vermont State House, but not for a lack of renewable energy. The Legislature decided to push yet another carbon tax onto the backs and out of the pockets of Vermont energy ratepayers. This bill will enrich solar companies and do very little to affect climate ch ..read more
Brattleboro Reformer
2w ago
We’re living in dark times. Pick any big topic in our world — climate, crime, war, poverty, cost of living — and the trendlines appear to be getting worse. We have data and more data to back up any concerns you might have about our future, and on top of that, graphic video coverage and photo ..read more
Brattleboro Reformer
2w ago
How can Rockingham, where I live, or any town in Vermont, continue to carry the unbearable and unsustainable burden of taxes here? How can our Legislature create and bring new taxes each year to the table, which we all must eat? It is unconscionable. How can our local boards further knowingl ..read more
Brattleboro Reformer
2w ago
That's the difference between the proposed Vermont House Budget and the Governor's Proposed Budget. Point two percent ..read more
Brattleboro Reformer
3w ago
To the Editor: Joe Biden, the nation’s top law enforcer, is breaking the Leahy Laws. According to the Washington Post: “The United States has quietly approved and delivered more than 100 separate foreign military sales to Israel since the Gaza war began Oct. 7, amounting to thousands of prec ..read more
Brattleboro Reformer
3w ago
To the Editor: Vermont's House Ways & Means Committee, chaired by Emilie Kornhieser (D-Windham 7), is poised to make Vermont the most unfriendly state in the U.S. for businesses. After passing the Act 127 education "reform bill" last year that resulted in property taxes increasing statew ..read more