PUTNEY — RE: “Brattleboro task force asks: What can we do about parking?” [The Commons, May 2].
Parking spaces are real estate - real estate that is not earning its full value.
Parking rates should be higher than they are.
Rick Holmes, of Marlboro, is a retired newspaper editor and columnist. MARLBORO-Ho Chi Minh City,
BRATTLEBORO-In Brattleboro, a significant amount of public discourse happens online. While social media can be...
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BRATTLEBORO-The Brattleboro Area Interfaith Youth Group went off to Asheville, North Carolina! The multicultural group...
West Brattleboro Association meets on Nov. 10 WEST BRATTLEBORO - The West Brattleboro Association will hold its monthly meeting Thursday, Nov. 10, at 6 p.m., at the New England House on Marlboro Road. Attendees can buy food or drink if they so desire. The agenda items will include flood issues, website progress, the first meeting of the advisory group, and establishing a work plan for the coming year. You do not have to reside in West Brattleboro to attend. For...
Emily Mason, the noted New York abstract painter and longtime half-year resident of West Brattleboro, is presenting a show of monoprints and monotypes at Mitchell-Giddings Fine Arts on Main Street, up until Jan. 7. The works, 40 of them, are basically paintings painted on a separate plate and then transferred to paper by running it through an etching press. There are often many layers, and the techniques have many elaborations. The gallery staff does quite a good job explaining how...
This is the first year Vermont has officially celebrated Indigenous Peoples' Day after the permanent change was passed at the state level earlier this year. In honor of the Indigenous peoples who inhabited this beautiful continent before western Europeans first set foot on these shores, let us reflect on the traditions that honor and respect our dear Mother Earth. Every decision we make, whether it is individually or on behalf of community, has an impact for the future. We are...
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