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.
Tristan Roberts ([email protected]) is a former state representative, a small-scale farmer, and a writer who...
BRATTLEBORO-Big thanks to Joyce Marcel for an excellent article/interview with Becca Balint, and big thanks...
BRATTLEBORO-As I listen to all the reports of what's happening in the Texas Legislature, I...
SAXTONS RIVER-An open letter to Gov. Phil Scott: On Aug. 10, I received an email...
Recreation & Parks Director Carol Lolatte is getting her ducks in a row as the Living Memorial Park Generational Improvement Project starts to take shape. In March, Representative Town Meeting voted 98–19 to support a $4.1 million bond for the work, which includes improvements to the 1970s-era skating rink - replacing a 30-year-old condenser, a 25-year-old dehumidifier, and a rusting and uninsulated 49-year-old roof - as well as replacing lighting on the upper softball field with an LED system. "The...
Brel is back! Main Street Arts recently announced that, due to popular demand, its touring production of Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris has been extended for one more performance with a show in Grafton on Wednesday, Dec. 16, at 7:30 p.m., at the Grafton Inn's Phelps Barn. Tickets are $18 in advance, $20 at the door. Jacques Brel is a celebration of the life and art of one of the greatest singer-songwriters of the 20th...
On Jan. 5, a strong wind storm toppled a dead tree onto some power and phone lines, snapping off the top of a utility pole and knocking out our electricity, phone, and Internet. This took place on an unplowed section of Old Cheney Road in Jamaica near the Windham border. It affected only five homes, including ours in South Windham. We immediately called Green Mountain Power and FairPoint to report the outages. Within two hours, GMP had two workers there...
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