RE: “Coming home” [Arts, June 13].
Grants Ferry is a very good read. I especially liked David Chase's sneaky sense of humor.
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...
Gail Golec really digs graves. Just not with a shovel. Golec, a professional archaeologist, told The Commons, “Because I'm a huge nerd, I love going to cemeteries to just walk around, mostly the earlier ones.” “The art, the carvings, are beautiful. I like studying the names and the epitaphs,” she said. Golec has “always been fascinated by cemeteries,” even as a child growing up in North Walpole and Alstead, N.H. “My family are good storytellers and joke-tellers,” she said, “and...
Brattleboro Community Radio, WVEW-LP, is hosting an all-ages party, a “conscious party,” on Saturday, Aug. 29, on the Common in downtown Brattleboro. from noon to 5 p.m., to benefit the station. Admission is free, but the station will be asking for donations. Proceeds from the show will help keep WVEW on the air. Heirloom Seeds, a Vermont-based reggae band, will headline the show with DJ Thomas and DJ Ray. There will be vendors, community groups, and face painting. A raffle...
In a recent VtDigger article, we get a rare glimpse into the mind of a potential school shooter. According to the story, “His first target, though,” the would-be shooter, Jack Sawyer, told the detective, “would have been the school resource officer,” Scott Alkinburgh, a corporal in the Fair Haven Police Department. Sawyer said he would have taken out Alkinburgh first because he was the only person at the school who could possibly have stopped him. Here you see how the...
Mailing address:
P.O. Box 1212, Brattleboro, VT 05302
Physical address:
139 Main St, Suites 601A and 604, Brattleboro, VT 05302
The Commons is published by Vermont Independent Media, Inc., a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization.