I love the sketch by Karen Becker of the chorus singing. How refreshing it is to have a drawing done on the site of local activities.
Would that The Commons have more illustrations like this one.
Voices
Jason Cooper, a real estate investor, developer, and property manager, has served as a steering...
Jessica Dolan, Ph.D. (District 8) is a Brattleboro Representative Town Meeting member. BRATTLEBORO-Our predecessors were...
Emilie Kornheiser, Ian Goodnow, Mollie Burke, Michael Mrowicki, and Zon Eastes are state representatives; Nader...
SPRINGFIELD-On April 16, during his inaugural speech as secretary of health and human services, Robert...
The good news: This month's statewide storm was no match for Vermont's "Great Flood of 1927," a 36-hour downpour that economists estimate would have damaged up to $4 billion in property today. And the bad: Although officials are still tallying the impact of the most recent deluge, the collective cost could rival 2011's Tropical Storm Irene - and be a sign of things to come, according to a recently-released national study. "Make no mistake, the devastation and flooding we're experiencing...
The Brattleboro Town Arts Fund is accepting proposals for art projects. In January, TAF will award $500 to $5,000 to winning projects that, in their words,“enable the development and presentation of creative projects that contribute positively to the greater community and to the vibrancy and diversity of Brattleboro arts and cultural landscape.” In March 2019, at Brattleboro's Representative Town Meeting, voters approved a resolution to allocate $15,000 to create a Town Arts Fund. Over five months, a working group collected...
I keep coming back to the question I frequently hear asked: "Why is Vermont so white?" It's often accompanied by head scratching or a shoulder shrug, as if the phenomenon of our whiteness is inherent as part of our DNA - a natural law - and not something that can be reasonably explained. Vermont has historically been among the top three U.S. states with the highest percentage of white residents. The 2022 Census lists us at 93.8% white. One very...
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