RE: “Written in stone” [Editorial, May 30]:
I served with Bill Bassignani in Vietnam. Thank you for reminding people of the tremendous sacrifices made by the men and women in uniform, especially those in combat zones.
Leslie Zucker is a certified professional life coach, a facilitator of a women's group, and...
Corey DiMario is a musician and the proprietor of Patio Coffee, at the Hooker-Dunham block,
Kerry Secrest serves as honorary consul of Lithuania to Vermont. BRATTLEBORO-A heartfelt thank you to...
BRATTLEBORO-When I worked at a major airport, I learned to refer to people on airplanes...
The Commons is grateful to the people experiencing homelessness who have shared their stories with the newspaper over the past six months. Following are excerpts from these interviews. Names have been changed to protect their privacy. 'It's not fun being homeless' Joe is 70 years old and stays at the Quality Inn in Brattleboro. He had been paying for a room at the West Village Motel in West Brattleboro for 5{1/2} years but had to leave when the building was...
On March 8, the newly seated Windham Southeast School District board heard from several parents who, with only six days before the school mask mandate was to be lifted, had still not been able to learn from administrators what plans would be in place to protect their children who are too young to be vaccinated, are immunocompromised, or are otherwise at high-risk for complications from exposure to COVID-19. These were not calls to keep everyone's mask on. Instead, these parents...
Brattleboro Time Trade's second annual Spring Forward Extravaganza will take place on Friday, March 4, from 5 to 8 p.m. at the River Garden on Main Street. The event is in collaboration with the Arts Council of Windham County; it will be the opening night of the Student Art Show, and it was also chosen to coincide with that weekend's return of Daylight Savings Time. The Extravaganza will feature a silent auction, a cabaret stage emceed by juggler Tony Duncan...
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