Letter to the editor: William Brattle was a prominent slaveholder
This whitewashing of New England's racist history leaves us ill-prepared to reckon with its legacy of institutional and systemic racism today.
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This whitewashing of New England's racist history leaves us ill-prepared to reckon with its legacy of institutional and systemic racism today.
BRATTLEBORO -- Starting today, masks will no longer be mandated by the town inside establishments as part of its response to COVID-19 after a 4-1 vote by the Select Board.
BRATTLEBORO -- Starting Friday, masks will no longer be mandated by the town inside establishments as part of its response to COVID-19 after a 4-1 vote by the Select Board.
Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. This Saturday at Representative Town Meeting (RTM), town reps in Brattleboro will have a chance to take a simple step to make our town government more inclusive and accessible. Will we take that opportunity? The Brattleboro Select Board is a powerful body that makes important decisions that impact everyone who lives, works, uses resources, and travels in Brattleboro; however, the job itself is accessible only to a minority of the population. Select Board members make either $3,000 or $5,000/year for a sizable amount of work that seems to o...