VERNON — Well, it sounds like a variation of the proverbial “you reap what you sow,” only in this case, Windham County will reap what those in Montpelier and elsewhere have sown.
Just remember: I told you so.
AmÉe LaTour is a writer for nonprofits and lover of words and human beings. Recovery...
BRATTLEBORO-Peter Adair's essay is the best piece of writing I have seen in The Commons:
FLORENCE, MASS.-I just read with shock and awe, or just plain enthusiasm, a couple of...
Kris Pavek, a 71-year-old retired midwife and photographer, has often stayed in Brattleboro in summer...
St. Michael's Episcopal Church BRATTLEBORO - Toddlers, children and teens offer a Christmas pageant, Vermont style, at 4 p.m. on Christmas Eve at St. Michael's Episcopal Church on Bradley Avenue in Brattleboro. Several years ago youth of the parish expressed a wish to make the pageant more personal to them as Vermonters; thus the church has seen different twists each year from the entrance of a live goat to the delivery of apple pie and Gilfeather turnips; from gifts of...
Join curator and artist Michelle Samour on Wednesday, Nov. 15, at 7 p.m., for a tour of "Paper Made," a juried exhibit at the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center (BMAC) that challenges assumptions about how paper can be used to make art. The exhibit, presented in partnership with Fiber Art Now, is on view through Feb. 11, 2024. The exhibit demonstrates that paper is not only a surface for drawn or printed images, it is also a material that tells...
Nancy Braus , a retired independent bookseller, is a longtime activist. GUILFORD-Vermont Yankee, a nuclear reactor in Vernon, was opposed from the first moment of its conception. The struggle to close the aging reactor was epic in our region, and dozens of us who were most engaged in the protests, the legal challenges, the civil disobedience, and the legislative work continue to be grateful that the reactor is well into the decommission process. Even with this history, a group of...
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