BELLOWS FALLS — Please cease all quoting of Deb Wright. She is simply a nuisance. Amplifying her rants does not help, in any sense. She should have no spotlight.
Rick Holmes, of Marlboro, is a retired newspaper editor and columnist. MARLBORO-Ho Chi Minh City,
BRATTLEBORO-In Brattleboro, a significant amount of public discourse happens online. While social media can be...
GREENFIELD, MASS.-When I saw the cover of The Commons, I decided to look over this...
BRATTLEBORO-The Brattleboro Area Interfaith Youth Group went off to Asheville, North Carolina! The multicultural group...
David Cohen, founder of VBikes, is now working with local bike shops to make Vermont bike culture more “inclusive,” a movement that he says is “less about the bike and more about being a human being.” VBikes is a nonprofit advocacy organization which, in contract with GoVermont, a division within the Vermont Agency of Transportation, has been providing free bike consultations to individuals seeking what founder David Cohen calls “car reduction therapy.” Cohen does so with the help of e-cargo...
The Estey Organ Museum will provide a creative singing and musical history experience, as well as bring the many health benefits of singing for seniors in Windham County starting this May for seven weeks of musical classes. No singing experience is required, and the program is free for adults aged 60 and older. According to a news release, a Creative Aging Grant from the Vermont Arts Council, supporting community-building in and through the arts for older adults in Vermont, was...
As Physician Assistant Amy Neal wrote in The Commons, “We are doing our very best, but we are drowning [....] Please wear your masks and please get vaccinated. We know these things work. [...] We care about you and your family members. Please help us, so we can help the community.” In a letter to VTDigger's editor on Jan. 6, Linda Roy, a retired Brattleboro resident, expresses unhappiness with a mask mandate in town, stating the town is trying to...
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