TOWNSHEND — If you were at the Bellows Falls Village Meeting, it was obvious the 2-to-1 margin of the budget vote was all firefighters who voted that budget back in - and only a handful of citizens.
Emily Carris Duncan (ecarrisduncan.com) represents the Windham-6 district (Wilmington, Whitingham, and Halifax) in the Vermont...
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Timothy Belknap is a Brattleboro Representative Town Meeting member representing District 9. BRATTLEBORO-To the Brattleboro...
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Racial justice activist Curtiss Reed Jr. had a dream. A Ben & Jerry's ice cream dream. A Ben & Jerry's ice cream dream that the company would create its first flavor recognizing a current person of color - specifically, football quarterback and fellow advocate Colin Kaepernick. This month, that dream suddenly and surprisingly came true. The Vermont ice cream maker has announced it will honor Kaepernick with a new frozen dessert, with its theme a blend of the player's civil...
As part of the ongoing celebration of their 20th anniversary year, the Brattleboro Women's Chorus will present a concert of compositions entirely by its founder and conductor, Becky Graber. On May 7, at 7:30 p.m., at Next Stage in Putney, and May 8, at 4 p.m., at Centre Congregational Church in Brattleboro, the chorus will be accompanied by Bill Ballard on alto sax and Connie Green on flute. Green played with Graber many years ago in the Brattleboro Brass Band.
BRATTLEBORO-I recently went to the Brattleboro Common Sense website and saw the video of town health officer Charles Keirr saying there was human feces everywhere. That's ridiculous and not true! I lived there. We all used the port-a-potty or the inside bathroom. Not one person went to the bathroom outside. They also say there's no housing crisis! That's bullshit. Megan Bishop Brattleboro This letter to the editor was submitted to The Commons. This piece, published in print in the Voices...
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