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Art matters. And in Windham County, where many artists live and work, it is also a serious economic driver.

Squeezed by inflation, staffing challenges, sheer exhaustion, and the wish to retire, the owners of the Chelsea Royal Diner in West Brattleboro call it quits, looking toward their new life on Cape Cod as they continue looking for a buyer.

Economically vulnerable tenants are looking to the proposed charter change as a way to add some stability to their lives and ensure that they can keep a roof over their heads.

PUTNEY—As Michael “Mike” Mrowicki, D-Putney, begins his ninth term as a state legislator, he suddenly finds himself flying solo. Last year’s redistricting separated Westminster from Putney and Dummerston in the Windham-4 district. His last term co-representative, Michele Bos-Lun, now finds herself representing turf that’s farther north — Westminster and ...

PUTNEY—As Michael “Mike” Mrowicki, D-Putney, begins his ninth term as a state legislator, he suddenly finds himself flying solo. Last year’s redistricting separated Westminster from Putney and Dummerston in the Windham-4 district. His last term co-representative, Michele Bos-Lun, now finds herself representing turf that’s farther north — Westminster and ...

BRATTLEBORO—The closing of the 83-year-old Hotel Pharmacy on Elliot Street on Jan. 17 marked the end of so many eras like a Shakespearian tragedy without the poetry. Much sadness. Many tears. Emptying shelves. Emptying space. A sense of emptying lives. The end of family-run pharmacies in Brattleboro. The ...

For Immediate Release December 5, 2022 Panel Discussion: The Power of Cartoons Brattleboro, VT - The public is invited to attend a panel discussion: The Power of Cartoons. The program, sponsored by Vermont Independent Media’s Media Mentoring Project, will take place on Thursday, December 15, 2022 at 7pm via Zoom. Cartoons are a unique form of journalism that have been entertaining, educating and influencing public opinion in the United States since the 19th century. Cartoons - and the cartooni...

Sun, 05/16/2021 - 3:01pm -- tim Jane Lindholm, "Vermont Edition" retired VPR host and now creator and host of the popular podcast "But Why: A Podcast For Curious Kids." Photo: Adrian Hicks. by Joyce Marcel, Vermont Business Magazine If you had a laboratory and wanted to cook up the perfect public radio host, the results would probably come out looking a lot like Jane Lindholm. She has all the ingredients you would expect: child of academics, well-educated, well-traveled, curious as hell and un...

Related Company:  Photo: Grant Spates owner of Spates Construction at his sugarhouse. Courtesy photo from Grant Spates. by Joyce Marcel, Vermont Business Magazine People say its hard to make a living in Vermont, but its even harder to make a living in the Northeast Kingdom. The north country has always been the states economic stepchild, rich in natural resources but poor in population and almost everything else. You have to be stubborn and determined to make your business thrive there. And g...

‘When They Have Finished, My Husband Hands Them a 20’ Getting some help shoveling, delving into a childhood altercation and more reader tales of New York City in this week’s Metropolitan Diary. March 14, 2021 Dear Diary: The heavy snow is upon us, so my husband does what he can when two boys appear on our Brooklyn stoop. Neither is older than 12. “Shovel your walk, Mister?” “How much?” my husband asks. “10 bucks,” the taller of the two says. My husba...