I thought Vermont had more sense than this. We, the people of the 17 towns of southern New Hampshire, have fought the Kinder Morgan pipeline and do not want it in our state.
What is wrong with the so-called “green state”?
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...
Before the late Fred Harris unveiled his namesake ski jump in this town a century ago, the Vermont Sports Hall of Fame inductee shared a test run with his less publicized but more prized adviser. His sister, Evelyn. Ever since the latter Harris tried out what's now Vermont's sole Olympic-size hill in 1922, women have flown off the 90-meter slope - the only one of its height in New England and just one of six of its stature in the...
Now in its 52nd season, Friends of Music at Guilford has a long history with “Stage Music Projects.” These have ranged from musical theater song revues to concerts of arias and art songs presented by some of the region's acclaimed operatic performers. Also in the mix were fully staged but less well-known Broadway or off-Broadway shows and premieres of one-act or full-length operas created by some of the organization's musically gifted founders, among other composers. This fall, the group is...
As far as I can see, Act 46 - which reforms education funding, spending, and governance - is not going to have any measurable impact on the quality of education we provide to our children or, by extension, their lives thereafter. The act will result in some positives (most of which are negligible) and negatives (which are not quite as negligible and could be overcome, but won't be). The driving force behind Act 46 is to hold down school taxes...
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