“This is a great victory,” Brett Morrison of the Brattleboro group Friends of Island Park, told the Valley Post in a voice phone interview on November 20. The two bridges that connect downtown... Read more »
November 14, 2025
300 March
On November 13 in Amherst, about 300 people marched. They were calling for jobs with justice. Specifically they were demanding “that UMass Amherst’s chancellor Javier Reyes, who is directing... Read more »
November 07, 2025
Brattleboro Bike-Ped Victory
Thanks to the work of bike-ped activists in Brattleboro, the select board voted to support the creation of a new bike-ped path that will connect downtown with a network of rail trails that goes to... Read more »
November 01, 2025
2,000 Acres Will Be Old Growth; 50 March
In a victory for old growth forests, two land trusts on October 27 said they had saved 2,100 acres in the Pioneer Valley towns of Belchertown and Pelham. “The land will be stewarded as 'forever... Read more »
October 31, 2025
Brattleboro Hospital Workers Rally for Justice
Workers at Brattleboro Memorial Hospital held a well-attended rally for justice. “We started bargaining our first union contract in May,” Sarah Cheslawski told the Valley Post in a voice phone... Read more »