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
Elayne Clift (elayne-clift.com) has written this column about women, politics, and social issues for almost...
The Northwest Quarterly Meeting of Friends (Quakers) is a coalition of 14 Quaker congregations in...
This letter was submitted on behalf of Spark faculty. PUTNEY-We, the faculty of the Spark...
Matt Dorsey serves on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. He delivered this memoriam to...
The Selectboard will hold a pre-town meeting information forum on Wednesday, March 14, at Academy School, beginning at 7 p.m. Representative Town Meeting articles will be discussed, including the town school and municipal budgets and the fire department's ladder-truck bond issue. At 6:30 p.m., town meeting members of each district will be available to meet with constituents to offer residents an opportunity to share their views and discuss articles to be voted on at the annual meeting. Also at that...
What do your rivers mean to you? The Connecticut River Watershed Council, in partnership with Art and Dialogue, has gathered river stories and hopes and dreams for the future of our rivers in a new community art project, “The Power of Water/The Power of Words,” that will be on display at the River Garden on Main Street through the month of September. Participants young and old wrote personal notes on sculpted pieces of colored paper that are transformed into a...
With the release of the census data comes redistricting in Vermont, which tries to assign one representative for every 4,200 constituents. Because Windham County lost about 17 percent of its population since the last census, Putney and Dummerston have lost one representative: Michelle Bos-Lun. This is great news for folks living in Westminster, Brookline, and Rockingham, the towns in her new district. As a current constituent, I want to introduce you to Michelle Bos-Lun. Michelle serves on the House Committee...
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