DUMMERSTON — It's sad when you're a devoted employee for decades and when you leave it's no big thing to an employer.
People wonder why no one wants to work at one place for long.
AmÉe LaTour is a writer for nonprofits and lover of words and human beings. Recovery...
BRATTLEBORO-Peter Adair's essay is the best piece of writing I have seen in The Commons:
FLORENCE, MASS.-I just read with shock and awe, or just plain enthusiasm, a couple of...
Kris Pavek, a 71-year-old retired midwife and photographer, has often stayed in Brattleboro in summer...
Asserting that the public's right to access court records is “deep-rooted” and necessary for ensuring accountability, the Vermont Supreme Court has overturned a Windham County judge's decision to redact portions of two suspects' mental competency reports. While there are instances where the legally relevant portions of a competency report can be kept out of the public record, a majority of Supreme Court justices wrote that those situations are limited. And they found no evidence that redaction had been justified in...
BRATTLEBORO-On Friday, May 23, and Saturday, May 24, spectators can step right up and meet the rising stars of circus at the New England Center for Circus Arts (NECCA). NECCA's ProTrack is a full-time, three-year professional circus program designed to create circus performers ready for the world stage. The ProTrack Year 2 students will debut in a dynamic performance featuring solo acts, group pieces, and collaborations. "This show celebrates their hard work, passion, and growth as they take their first...
Walking into a room that held the Bellows Falls Union High School school board and about 20 angry community members that lined the back wall with their arms crossed was, to put it lightly, intimidating. In another light, however, it also made me feel powerful to have made people so mad about my proposal for the school to fly the Black Lives Matter (BLM) flag that they felt they had to bring their friends with them to try and scare...
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