Love this story! Ana was my son Leo's preschool teacher. I am so happy for the family and the amazing resourcefulness and commitment that brought them all back together. So happy for Ana.
MacLean Gander is retired from a long career as a professor and administrator at Landmark...
Deborah Lee Luskin , one of this newspaper's original columnists, blogs at deborahleeluskin.com. WILLIAMSVILLE-I have...
Emily Carris Duncan (ecarrisduncan.com) represents the Windham-6 district (Wilmington, Whitingham, and Halifax) in the Vermont...
Meg Donahue is cofounder and chief creative officer of MamaSezz.com, an online enterprise that works...
BRATTLEBORO-Under a slate gray sky with a cold wind sweeping across the Town Common, approximately 200 people gathered on Jan. 18 for a peaceful rally that, in the words of organizers, united people "in solidarity as humans, as immigrants, as LGBTQIA+ individuals, as BIPOC communities, as allies." They marched on the downtown sidewalks from Flat Street to the Common with a variety of signs, plenty of Palestinian Authority flags, and a desire to prevent the next four years of the...
The Commons recently spoke with Danny Lichtenfeld, the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center's executive director since 2007, about the history of the museum and its programming, vision, and 50th anniversary celebration. We also caught up with BMAC's Curator Emerita Mara Williams, who served as the museum's director from 1989 to 2004 and as chief curator from that point until her retirement last year, to get her thoughts on these topics, as well as Lichtenfeld's 15 years at the helm. Following...
BRATTLEBORO-I try to temper my outrage at the Trump regime for my own well-being. But then the latest filters through. The latest travel ban aimed at Haiti and several African and Islamic majority countries smacks of overt racism. The obliteration of DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) is a celebration of straight-white-male (fake) Christian supremacy. The Gestapo. Secret police of ICE rounding up our sisters and brothers is sickening. The rewriting of history to exclude the Harvey Milks, Cesar Chavezes, and...
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