We are so proud of you, Maryalice DeAngelis! Keep up the great work. Your students are blessed to have you.
Enjoy the rest of the summer!
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...
At a recent economic development announcement in Brattleboro, Gov. Peter Shumlin confidently declared that Windham County has an advantage because “we can do cash.” He was referring to a multimillion-dollar pot of money - the Windham County Economic Development Program - that was created via a shutdown settlement agreement with Vermont Yankee owner Entergy. As he prepares to leave office two years after the Vernon nuclear plant stopped producing power, Shumlin says he is confident that the regional and state...
The local chapter of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute lecture series, affiliated with the University of Vermont, has suspended its in-person offerings in town until further notice due to the pandemic. In its place, organizers recommend the UVM Distinguished Speaker lecture series offered via Zoom on Wednesdays from Oct. 7 to Nov. 18. • Oct. 7, 1 to 2:30 p.m.: “Reflecting with the Fleming Museum: Legacies of Colonialism and Racism in the Museum,” with Alice Boone, curator at the Fleming...
More than a decade ago, I was riding along the Havana Malecén in a white and blue '57 Ford with a four-cylinder Toyota engine. The taxi driver overheard my companions speaking English in the back seat. “Where you from?” he asked in Spanish. “Estados Unidos,” I replied. “I thought so. The way they were talking, I thought I was in a film.” We drove on in silence, the Ford creeping along the broad seaside avenue, the red sun dyeing the...
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