BROOKLINE — Thank you, Deb Luskin. It took guts to write this. And thank you to The Commons for publishing.
I am hopeful for change. I pray we can all be kinder to each other in the midst of these revelations.
Leslie Zucker is a certified professional life coach, a facilitator of a women's group, and...
Corey DiMario is a musician and the proprietor of Patio Coffee, at the Hooker-Dunham block,
Kerry Secrest serves as honorary consul of Lithuania to Vermont. BRATTLEBORO-A heartfelt thank you to...
BRATTLEBORO-When I worked at a major airport, I learned to refer to people on airplanes...
“World peace and friendship is not just the work of politicians; it is the work of everyday people and the founding principle of the Peace Corps,” says Peace Corps CEO Carol Spahn, visiting Brattleboro from her office's home base in Washington D.C. this past Saturday. “It is also very much a founding principle of the School for International Training (SIT) and World Learning,” said Spahn, who became the leader of the Peace Corps in 2021 as an appointee of the...
Only one week after the shootings in Texas with 26 dead, including a fetus and its mother, my reaction has been rather strange. It is as if I have wrapped Teflon around my body, my soul, and my humanity. My reaction has been, “Oh, that's too bad. What's playing at the movies tonight?” There have been so many of these shootings and mass murders that I no longer have a humane and caring reaction to these events. They just roll...
Ruggles & Hunt, purveyors of clothing, gifts, home furnishings, and creative toys, is putting on a fashion show at the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center on Tuesday, Oct. 23, at 6 p.m. Proceeds support BMAC's work with infants, toddlers, and preschoolers in Head Start classrooms throughout southern Vermont. Tickets are $20 in advance, $25 at the door, and include admission to the fashion show, one drink, delicious finger food, and great entertainment in a beautiful setting. Tickets are available online...
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