All mining uses equipment often powered by petroleum-fuel machinery. Mining uranium requires disturbing one-millionth the earth of mining coal for similar energy production.
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 Selectboard has unanimously approved an option agreement that will take property, now occupied by the Brattleboro Reformer, off the real estate market while the town explores moving the police station there. The town is not purchasing the property outright at this time. Purchasing the property at 62 Black Mountain Rd. and moving the police station there will still require approval by both the Selectboard and Representative Town Meeting. This option agreement only keeps the property out of reach from...
The recent dress-code trouble at Brattleboro Union High School (BUHS) is an important story, one playing out in school districts across the nation. A recent New York Times op-ed piece from the West Coast covered similar ground, the tip of the iceberg. I applaud The Commons for taking it on, because it is a story that really matters - even though now that school is out, it can be easy to forget. I have some inside information on the issue,
Next Stage Arts Project will host the final performance of Main Street Arts' production of Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris on Saturday, Jan. 16, at Next Stage's newly renovated theater in Putney. Showtime is at 7:30 p.m. While not a household name in America, Brel's “literate and incredibly emotional songs” (New York magazine) became “part of the national consciousness of post-war Europe.” His music has been recorded by more than 400 professional recording artists, from...
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