Fric Spruyt is a property owner and property manager in Brattleboro and a member of...
BRATTLEBORO-The recent eclipse that Vermonters were able to experience was beyond breathtaking. My husband and...
PUTNEY-As a physician and a hospice volunteer, I read with interest the recent article highlighting...
BELLOWS FALLS-I see as a huge problem the number of apartments and houses being used...
Running a business and going door-to-door speaking with voters takes serious multitasking skills. Still, House candidate Tristan Toleno said he enjoys speaking with the residents of District 2-3. Toleno said his life has touched the issues facing District 2-3 - issues like the economy, jobs, and fostering a sustainable community. In his life, these issues have translated into building and losing his business at the former Riverview Cafe, connecting to the community, starting a new catering business, and working with...
I am happy to see Becca Balint run for a second term as senator from Windham County. She has my support once again. The most exciting news in the senate race is to see that David Schoales has agreed to run for one of the county's two seats as well. Many folks have encouraged him for some time now to step in and run, and now he's done so - hallelujah! His experience on the school boards in Brattleboro and...
Vermont author and Commons columnist Elayne Clift will read from her latest book, Children of the Chalet: New and Selected Stories, Grand Prize Winner for Fiction in the Greyden Press 2014 Book Competition, on Wednesday, Aug. 5, at 6 p.m., at Bartleby's Books, 17 West Main St. Clift's collection has two parts. The first, “Children of the Chalet,” from which the title is drawn, is a set of connected stories based on a year Clift spent in the 1960s as...
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