BRATTLEBORO — Thank you for upholding Vermont's maple syrup gold standard, Robb family!
Rick Holmes, of Marlboro, is a retired newspaper editor and columnist. MARLBORO-Ho Chi Minh City,
BRATTLEBORO-In Brattleboro, a significant amount of public discourse happens online. While social media can be...
GREENFIELD, MASS.-When I saw the cover of The Commons, I decided to look over this...
BRATTLEBORO-The Brattleboro Area Interfaith Youth Group went off to Asheville, North Carolina! The multicultural group...
For people of color, one impediment to farming is lack of access to farmland. It cannot be overlooked that a generational wealth gap exists and has only grown for people of color, preventing them from owning land and other assets that can accrue value over time. By being marginalized for so many generations, people of color have not had the wealth - including farmland - passed down over time that white people have. And, over those generations, the gap has...
Next Stage Arts Project presents the young band Nomad vs. Settler at Next Stage, 15 Kimball Hill, on Saturday, March 25, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets will be $10 at the door. Nomad vs. Settler came together in the summer of 2014 when Putney School freshman Archer Parks (lead guitar) and Brattleboro Area Middle School eighth-grader Rei Kimura (vocals, rhythm guitar) began collaborating to see what kind of music they could create. The duo soon added bassist/guitarist Owen James (seventh grade,
I first met Nader Hashim in 2016 while he was still a state trooper. As a participant at the Putney Huddle, my first impression of Nader was that he was genuinely curious, asked intelligent questions, and listened actively to those in his community. When he ran for state representative, I was proud to be able to vote for someone who used these skills to learn about how our community is affected by the opioid crisis, someone who is committed to...
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