BRATTLEBORO — Congratulations to you all on a terrific issue. One hundred issues is great cause for celebration. Here's to the next 100!
Django Grace describes himself as an environmentalist, skier, chiller, and lifelong Brattleborian. He graduated from...
Chloe Learey is the executive director of Winston Prouty Center for Child and Family Development...
WESTMINSTER WEST-My recent essay in The Commons revealed the unique position of Vermont as a...
Roger Allbee served as secretary of agriculture, farms, and markets for Vermont in the administration...
After more than 35 years as a town manager around Vermont, Westminster Town Manager Sonia Alexander is retiring. Again. She thought she had retired for good in 2006, after nearly 30 years of service in Wilmington. She had actually “retired” once before in 1984, telling Wilmington that she wanted to take care of her children. But two years later, in 1986, the Selectboard there asked her to return. Her retirement in 2006 was even more short-lived. While on vacation in...
Southern Vermont's thriving music scene is getting a lot of attention these days. Brattleboro has attracted a lot of media attention as a top small town in the United States, most recently as the winner of the 2023 Strongest Town Contest. Strong Town, the nonprofit that runs the annual competition, cited Brattleboro as having “a strong community for the arts and culture” - a reputation that continues to build as the town attracts national, regional, and local bands that perform...
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