BRATTLEBORO — Virginia Ray's front-page news story exemplifies covering a controversy without falling into ho-hum “neutrality,” but reporting the story fully and fairly so that the facts can speak for themselves.
The non-transparency of a Selectboard, which declines to publicly discuss or explain important decisions, is an insult to the letter and spirit of Open Meeting.
Thank you, Commons, for such world-class journalism.
Jonathan Elwell organizes with Vermont Just Justice, an organization whose mission is "to promote the...
Elizabeth Bridgewater is executive director of the Windham & Windsor Housing Trust. BRATTLEBORO-Every April, communities...
Libby Bennett and Rita Ramirez submitted this piece on behalf of Groundworks Collaborative, where they...
Elayne Clift (elayne-clift.com) has written this column about women, politics, and social issues from the...
BRATTLEBORO-Friday, April 19 - Night: Marlboro Road area and Western Avenue from the Chelsea Royal Diner on Marlboro Road to Melrose Street and Stockwell Drive. Water will be off for several hours on Carriage Hill, Yorkshire Circle, and Hampshire Circle. Saturday, April 20 - Night: Western Avenue from Edward Heights to I-91. Water will be off for several hours on Signal Hill, Hillcrest Terrace, Carriage Hill, Hampshire Circle, Yorkshire Circle, Greenleaf Street, Country Hill, Green Meadow, South Street, Thayer Ridge,
Throughout four weeks in June, the village of Bellows Falls celebrated the queer community and kept the legacy of the Andrews Inn alive. So what did Bellows Falls Pride actually do to honor Pride month? By revering our history and staying true to who we are, engaging locally with merchants, inviting aligned nonprofits to collaborate, and honoring the seminal decade of activism by the founders of the Andrews Inn, our plans unfolded organically and powerfully on a local level. We...
Next Stage Arts, 15 Kimball Hill, presents Biribá Union, a musical trio featuring Grammy Award-winning Mike Block (cello, vocals); Christylez Bacon (beatbox, guitar, rhymes); and Patricia Ligia (electric bass, pandeiro, vocals) Sunday, March 3, at 7 p.m. "We love presenting projects that have a one-of-a-kind feel, and Mike Block has put together something people won't forget easily," Keith Marks, executive director of Next Stage Arts, said in a news release. "Block is a member of Yo-Yo Ma's Silk Road Ensemble,
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