Membership fees for Brattleboro Time Trade are $60 per year. The wrong amount was reported in the May 14 edition of The Commons.
BRATTLEBORO-Last week, the Vermont Legislature adjourned after passing a controversial education reform bill that many...
WINDHAM-Approximately 40 people gathered at the Windham Meeting House on June 17 for "What's Possible,
BRATTLEBORO-Three school districts will begin their summer meals programs, distributing free, weekly meal kits to...
WESTMINSTER-After completing its 25th school year of operation, The Compass School recently and abruptly announced...
It was 1986, and in Vermont the winds of social justice were blowing warm and strong. One of the things people were talking about was the need for affordable housing. In an overheated real estate market, investors were buying buildings but either flipping them or letting them fall into disrepair. Low-income people were finding it difficult to keep a roof over their heads. The Vermont Housing & Conservation Board, devoted to preserving Vermont land as well as its built environment,
Thomas Jefferson never knew the Monticello of today - in perfect condition, impeccably furnished. Dartmouth College senior lecturer Marlene Elizabeth Heck explains the lifelong project Jefferson called his “essay in architecture” during the February edition of the First Wednesday lecture series presented by Brooks Memorial Library and the Vermont Humanities Council, on Feb. 1, at 7 p.m., at the library. Heck's work focuses on the architectural and social history of America in the “Age of Jefferson.” She is particularly interested...
Since I published my Viewpoint in The Commons [“No more secrecy,” Voices, Aug. 11], detailing the various investigations into Robert “Zeke” Hecker's behavior with students over the years and the culture of complicity that gave him ongoing access to them, numerous other people have come forward with stories of grooming and abuse by Hecker and others at Brattleboro Union High School. I have been working with local parents, survivors, and advocates to push for actions from BUHS and the Windham...
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