press release

Goat Yoga Saturday at Retreat Farm

BRATTLEBORO - On Saturday, August 27, from 9 to 10:30 am, join the talented teachers from Inner Heat Yoga at Retreat Farm for a one-hour session of Goat Yoga, featuring playful and curious baby goats, followed by a 30-minute meet and greet.
Kid goats are naturally curious and playful and...

Pet remembrance evening, ceremony

BRATTLEBORO - From the big “gotcha day” to the tearful goodbyes, people hold millions of tiny memories of the furever friends they’ve loved in their lifetimes. The Windham County Humane Society knows if people could plant a kiss on that furry forehead again and tell their best pal how much they...

Community Appreciation Day

SOUTHERN VERMONT - After taking a break for a few years, Brattleboro Savings & Loan will bring back Community Appreciation Day on Friday, August 26, at its Brattleboro and Bondville branches, and Wednesday, August 31, for its Wilmington branch.
BS & L invites all to come and...

Local homebrewers offered samples of their drinks to patrons at the Southern Vermont Summer Homebrew Festival. Photo courtesy of the Southwestern Vermont Chamber of Commerce.

Brewers win prizes at festival

BENNINGTON - The annual Southern Vermont Summer Homebrew Festival brought the heat. The festival was held Saturday, August 6, on the field in front of the Bennington Sports Center, formerly the Catamount School. Hot temperatures reaching over 90 degrees couldn’t scare away the crowds. From noon...

MOOver shifts for school year

WILMINGTON - The MOOver will expand its routes and schedules on Tuesday, August 30, as schools reopen.
Starting that day, the West Dover #8 route will depart Dover School at 7 am, travel to the West Dover Fire House by 7:15 am, the Mount Snow Marketplace by 7:19 am, and then go to the Old...

Library awarded CLiF grant

JACKSONVILLE- The Children’s Literacy Foundation has selected the Whitingham Free Public Library as one of 12 public libraries across Vermont and New Hampshire to be recipients of its 2022 to 2023 Rural Libraries grant program. Each of the chosen sites will receive two storytelling performances...

Negina, right, and another member of ArtLords put the finishing touches on a mural in Kabul, Afghanistan. Photo courtesy of Negina

ArtLord refugees decorate Brattleboro

BRATTLEBORO - When the Taliban regained control of Afghanistan in August 2021, one of the first things they did was whitewash the powerful murals that had been painted on bomb-blasted walls in the capital city of Kabul. Soon after, the artists who had created those murals were targeted for arrest...

“Title to Come” by Rose Klebes

Plein air artist showcases work

ARLINGTON - Local plein air artist Rose Klebes will present an exhibiton of her newest works at Canfield Gallery through Monday, August 29.
A resident of Cambridge, NY, Klebes is a remarkably prolific artist, painting scenes throughout the region on a daily basis. She works outdoors as...

The Guerrilla Girls are an anonymous group. Photo by Andrew Hinderaker

Guerrilla Girls: art meets activism

BRATTLEBORO - The Brattleboro Museum & Art Center will present famed pseudonymous art activist “Frida Kahlo” of the Guerrilla Girls on Saturday, August 27, at 7 pm in person at Epsilon Spires, 190 Main Street, and livestreamed via Zoom.
The Guerrilla Girls are a group of anonymous...

Screening

BRATTLEBORO - There will be a special screening of “Lil’ Balzac 2” at the Hooker-Dunham Theatre on Thursday, September 1, at 7 pm.
The intimate screening will be introduced by co-directors Austin Rice and Angus Reid.The evening will also feature a behind the scenes look at the film, a...