Brattleboro (where I haven't visited for eight years or so) has now made it into the big leagues with Kerry Secrest's appointment as honorary consul of Lithuania.
I congratulate The Commons on the fine coverage of this auspicious event, and hope you'll continue educating your readers on the meaning of the important consular institution as a whole.
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...
What should a town do with public housing built on a floodplain? The answer: move the residents out and tear the houses down. Melrose Terrace, which flooded and was evacuated during Tropical Storm Irene in 2011, is managed by Brattleboro Housing Partnerships (formerly known as the Brattleboro Housing Authority). BHP oversees six other federally-subsidized public housing complexes in town. Melrose was designed for some of the most vulnerable members of the community: the elderly and disabled. But local, state, and...
Beginning on June 9, which happens to be International Children's Day, and culminating on June 16, Fathers Day, a Week of Action was held at the “emergency influx facility for migrant youth” in Homestead, Fla. The administration's inhumane treatment of asylum seekers coming across the southern border includes isolating children younger than 18 years old and placing them in “detention centers.” The largest such center is a for-profit facility at the former Homestead Air Force Base. Since it is on...
With its Spring Gala and other major fundraisers cancelled this year due to COVID-19, the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center (BMAC) says it is counting on an online auction to provide essential support for its year-round youth and education programs. Hosted by Duane Merrill and Company Auctioneers and Appraisers, the auction will take place on Friday, Sept. 4, starting at 9:45 a.m. - in person at the firm's showroom in Williston and online via LiveAuctioneers.com. BMAC has also lost revenue...
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