BRATTLEBORO — Nick Widomski was a really amazing person, and everybody who knew him is going to miss him terribly.
Django Grace describes himself as an environmentalist, skier, chiller, and lifelong Brattleborian. He graduated from...
Chloe Learey is the executive director of Winston Prouty Center for Child and Family Development...
WESTMINSTER WEST-My recent essay in The Commons revealed the unique position of Vermont as a...
Roger Allbee served as secretary of agriculture, farms, and markets for Vermont in the administration...
The unemployed, the unhoused, the people with mental health problems, the panhandlers, the drug users, the dealers, the travelers, the thieves - it is hard to tell the players on the street without a scorecard. When I first thought about writing about homelessness in Brattleboro, I lumped all of the above together because homelessness has become an all-encompassing word. Yet it shouldn't be. Brattleboro has problems, certainly. But why should this town be different from everywhere else in the country?
The Green Mountain Mummers will be performing this year on the weekend before Halloween. On Saturday, Oct. 28, and Sunday, Oct. 29, the group will present its symbolic death-and-resurrection street theater rain or shine in seven locations in Windham County (see full schedule below). The group of 10 (mostly) Windham County residents is probably the oldest continuing sword dance and mumming troupe in the United States. Founded in 1975, the group operates in the manner of the old English morris...
Guilford voters, please consider a breath of fresh air to the Guilford Selectboard when you vote on March 5. Steven Pritchard, a true Vermonter, is running for the two-year seat. Steven's desire is to be a voice for the people of Guilford. Steven believes that transparency is important. He knows if elected, he is working for the residents of Guilford, not big-government agendas. Steven and his wife Barbara love Guilford and its pastoral setting. Steven worked and retired from the...
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