The truck driver person with the “angry stickers” is just exercising his, or her, First Amendment rights on their own truck!
God bless America (my First Amendment right to say, so exercised).
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...
BRATTLEBORO-Changes about how folks pay for parking downtown are in the works after the Selectboard agreed on June 4 to transition to an all-kiosk, pay-by-plate system. "This is a significant body of work; it's really important," said Selectboard chair Daniel Quipp of the recommendations presented by Assistant Town Administrator Patrick Moreland, which followed a May 29 staff review of the fiscal year 2025 parking fund budget. Moreland said the total parking system improvement budget - including the removal of meters,
The Brattleboro Women's Chorus presents Becky Graber in “Let's Fall In Love,” a benefit jazz cabaret at Next Stage Arts, 15 Kimball Hill, on Saturday, Oct. 27, at 7:30 p.m. Co-created with Musical Director Alki Steriopoulos, “Let's Fall In Love,” weaves together jazz classics with snapshots of Graber's own personal journey in search of love. Tickets are $20 in advance, $22 at the door, or $35 for chorus supporters. Graber is the founder and director of the Brattleboro Women's Chorus...
We at Safe Place Child Advocacy Center hosted our fifth annual Can Cops Cook competition on Feb. 29 at the VFW. I wanted to take the time to thank all the people and corporate sponsors who made it such a success. First, Lisa Lofting and her crew at the VFW were so amazing and helpful! The VFW took care of all of our needs, from donating the space and the bartender, to promoting, to setting up and breaking down before...
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