This is a well-written article on Crescent Dragonwagon. I am an alumnus of Fearless Writing and love her honesty when she speaks. She is an outstanding instructor and positive influence.
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...
As business owners, husband-and-wife team Kate Barry and Bruce Hunt know all about the challenges facing the downtown area. Barry co-owns the Collective Lounge & Bar on Elliot Street, and together, she and Hunt operate a property management company. Barry also runs the local office of a real estate brokerage, eXp Realty, from the Hooker-Dunham Building on Main Street. But Barry and Hunt also know all about what makes Brattleboro a place where people want to live and work and...
Two world-class musicians - Ali Ryerson, flute and Joe Carter, guitar - have joined forces to perform Brazilian Jazz and other jazz forms at festivals and concerts around the country and globally. And on Saturday, March 2, at 7:30 p.m., you can experience their music live in the Chapel at Immanuel Episcopal Church, 20 Church St. With a career spanning nearly five decades, jazz flutist Ali Ryerson has consistently ranked among the top flutists in the Downbeat Jazz Poll for...
I take issue with Christopher Bridges essay expressing unhappiness about being incorrectly accosted for shoplifting at Hannaford's. More to the point, I take issue with The Commons featuring this feast of innuendo and cloudy reasoning. Bridges' allegation - “ask any person who doesn't have white skin […] their feelings about this place and you will get [...] an unshakable feeling that people are looking at us differently or that we're being followed,” etc. - is a gross and intellectually lazy...
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