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
Kris Pavek, a 71-year-old retired midwife and photographer, has often stayed in Brattleboro in summer...
Details about the event appear in a news story this issue. BRATTLEBORO-On June 14, Flag...
BENNINGTON, VERMONT / ZIKHRON YAAKOV, ISRAEL-The Shalom Alliance is working to advance the cause of...
BRATTLEBORO-The Commons has recently published a number of commentaries and letters to the editor regarding...
Decommissioning Citizens Advisory Panel meets Nov. 12 VERNON - The next meeting of the Nuclear Decommissioning Citizens Advisory Panel will be held on Thursday, Nov. 12, from 6 to 9 p.m. in the cafetorium at the Vernon Elementary School on Governor Hunt Road. At the meeting, the panel will receive decommissioning updates from the state of Vermont and Entergy, including a status report from Entergy on the Vernont Yankee Nuclear Decommissioning Trust Fund and the Spent Fuel Management Plan. The...
“I like solving problems,” says Vermont businessman Robert Johnson. His latest conundrum is what to do with a white elephant of a church in downtown Brattleboro. Under Johnson's initiative, the First Baptist Church on Main Street is undergoing a major renovation that will transform the site into Epsilon Spires, a center for the arts that will be opening later this year. “With its Estey organ, double balcony, and exemplary acoustics, this historic church building has served the town as a...
I watched the three-plus-hour Brattleboro Selectboard meeting concerning the Golden Cross Ambulance contract, and at the very end of the meeting, the motion was made and immediately a vote was taken without a second. According to Robert's Rules of Order, a second is a must before a vote is taken. Just questioning a legal vote.
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