BRATTLEBORO — I'm writing in appreciation of the beautiful flowers we have throughout downtown Brattleboro this summer!
Our quality of life is higher because of these flowers. Many thanks to those who are responsible for them.
Dan DeWalt, a frequent contributor to these pages and one of the founders of this...
BRATTLEBORO-What a depressing time to celebrate Independence Day, as No. 47 and his obedient and...
Sarah Ellis is a writer and mental health advocate who grew up in Brattleboro and...
BRATTLEBORO-Analysis of Brattleboro's Charter Revision Survey reveals growing dissatisfaction with the current Representative Town Meeting...
In normal times, student-athletes in Vermont would now be participating their initial practices in anticipation of the fall high school sports season. However, with everything about the course that K-12 education will take in the 2020-21 school year up in the air due to the COVID-19 pandemic, about the only thing that is certain is that schools will be opening later this year, and that the first day of school in Vermont will be Sept. 8. That date will also...
The artwork of Fiona Morehouse will be on display at Main Street Arts through May 10 in a show entitled “Home At Heart.” An opening reception will be held Thursday, April 18, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. An artist and educator dividing her time between Putney and Vinalhaven, Maine, Morehouse has exhibited widely in the Northeast and on the West Coast. In her artist statement, she describes her work as “a conversation between the heart, mind, and the soul” as...
I appreciate The Commons reporting on recent proposed cuts to senior meal programs in Windham County. I am one of dozens of volunteer drivers who get mid-day meals out to seniors in the more rural areas of our county. I deliver to clients in Townshend, Brookline, and Newfane. The Dam Diner in Townshend prepares and distributes meals for recipients in these towns and many others, at the behest of Senior Solutions of Windham and Windsor Counties, based in Springfield. Senior...
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