BELLOWS FALLS — Bellows Falls has an embarrassment of riches when it comes to art and culture, and I'm proud to be a small part of that.
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 print version of the story “Brattleboro, Rescue Inc. on course to part ways due to contract dispute,” [News, April 13] incorrectly asserted a financial relationship between the town and the EMS nonprofit for dispatch services. The story has been corrected online at commonsnews.org.
Abenaki petroglyphs of the Retreat Meadow are hidden under the flooded waters of the West River. Rudyard Kipling lived in Dummerston, where he wrote The Jungle Book. And the first edition of Harry Potter released in the U.S. - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - was printed in Brattleboro. These are just a few of the literary distinctions embedded in this locale, and The Words Project is on a quest to illuminate Brattleboro's longstanding history and reputation as a...
Her name was Shirley Myers, and she was a gift in my life when I needed one. I was in middle school and a loner, unlike most kids that age, because my mother suffered from depression and was hospitalized for long stretches. Ms. Myers was a calm teacher and a gentle soul and, somehow, I started going to her classroom after school to talk with her. It was quietly comforting to be with her, and we formed a bond that...
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