BRATTLEBORO — Shela Linton has always been awesome for Brattleboro. She wants to empower other people.
In light of this kind of commitment, activism becomes clear as humanitarianism.
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...
A new grant program fueled by Vermont Yankee money is expected to nurture renewable energy projects in Windham County. The Vermont Clean Energy Development Fund, drawing from cash paid to the state by Entergy, has given $400,000 to Brattleboro-based Windham Regional Commission to develop the program over the next several months. Officials say grants - and possibly loans at some point - will be geared toward “small-scale” renewable projects in the county. What type of projects might benefit hasn't yet...
A group of young Israeli, Palestinian, and American teenagers invite the community to join them on the Brattleboro Common for an afternoon of arts and celebration on Sunday, Aug. 2, from noon until 4 p.m. Fifteen young adults from three countries who are learning leadership skills at the Jerusalem Peacebuilders (JPB) Acer Farm Camp in West Brattleboro want to share with their Vermont neighbors the music, poetry, and skits they worked on during their two-week peace camp experience. The community...
Thank you for the thoughtful article about what to do with a legacy of collected artworks. It sounds like the author, Joyce Marcel, got more than enough enjoyment from the pieces as well as the satisfaction of supporting area artists and that the money value appreciation wasn't really the reason why she acquired them in the first place. A work of art is a bit different from, say, a really large pile of gold coins or Apple shares or something...
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