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Brattleboro Representative Town Meeting Finance Committee Releases Brattleboro Union High School Budget Report

by Not Signed In | Economics

Brattleboro, VT – The Brattleboro Representative Town Meeting Finance Committee announced today the release of its report on the Brattleboro Union High School District #6 proposed budget for fiscal year 2019, which will be considered for approval next week by the voters of the four towns in the district. The BUHS Annual Meeting will take place on Tuesday, February 13, 2018 at 7:00 p.m. in the BUHS gymnasium.

Quite The Dow Drop

by cgrotke | Economics

I took a short break today to watch an historic event. It wasn’t intentional, but I caught the stock market dropping like a rock this afternoon. If you missed it, in less than an hour it went a bit like this:

Norwegian: No Thank You, President Trump.

by SK-B | Opinion

Today, Norway is one of the, and we will not give up on our cradle-to-grave welfare. Our parental leave is a generous year, kindergarten is cheap, and our higher education is free. Health care is also free forevery Norwegian citizen. Our society strives to be tolerant. Every political party promotes liberal values, and human rights. The plumber´s son goes to school with the CEO´s daughter, and . Hence, our leaders have diverse backgrounds and anyone could meet the NATO secretary general  or our Prime Minister at the supermarket .