TOWNSHEND — Great interview; very inspiring! We're lucky to have companies like Mondo Mediaworks in Brattleboro!
Jason Cooper, a real estate investor, developer, and property manager, has served as a steering...
Jessica Dolan, Ph.D. (District 8) is a Brattleboro Representative Town Meeting member. BRATTLEBORO-Our predecessors were...
Emilie Kornheiser, Ian Goodnow, Mollie Burke, Michael Mrowicki, and Zon Eastes are state representatives; Nader...
SPRINGFIELD-On April 16, during his inaugural speech as secretary of health and human services, Robert...
A petition to take the fiscal year 2021 municipal budget to a town-wide vote has stalled, in part, because of COVID-19. In response to community calls to redirect money from the police department, Kurt Daims, founder and executive director of the advocacy organization Brattleboro Common Sense, began a petition drive last week. The Selectboard approved a $18.4 million fiscal year 2021 town budget, in a 3-2 vote, on June 16, and Daims's petition was intended to bring the municipal budget...
WINDHAM-Nestled in the hills of Windham is the Fourth Corner Foundation, the brainchild of the late architect and artist Robert Foote Shannon. Shannon's work focused on balancing human-made designs with the natural environment. His former home, which includes striking buildings and structures as well as several acres of gardens, is open to the public. One of the first tours of the campus with the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center (BMAC) is scheduled for Saturday, May 18, from 1 to 4...
Virginia Ray's front-page news story exemplifies covering a controversy without falling into ho-hum “neutrality,” but reporting the story fully and fairly so that the facts can speak for themselves. The non-transparency of a Selectboard, which declines to publicly discuss or explain important decisions, is an insult to the letter and spirit of Open Meeting. Thank you, Commons, for such world-class journalism.
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