BRATTLEBORO — We thank this community for supporting the Amber Bernier scholarship at our fifth Walk for Amber StorySlam, cosponsored by Strolling of the Heifers.
We had entertaining stories with a wonderful audience.
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...
If it feels like everything related to the new unified school board representing schools in Brattleboro, Dummerston, Guilford, and Putney is happening lickety-split, that's because it is. The transitional board and school administration must move quickly to have the newly organized and renamed Windham Southeast School District operational by July 1, as required by law. People interested in running for the board need to have their petitions in by Monday, April 15. Petitions are available at town clerks' offices. Voters...
BRATTLEBORO-The Henrik Ibsen drama An Enemy of the People will lead audiences to question "the intersection of truth, power, and society's values," according to the New England Youth Theatre, which will stage the play this weekend. As described by Dramatists Play Service, the play centers on "a small Norwegian town [that's] just begun to win fame and wealth through its medicinal spring waters. Dr. Stockmann, resident physician in charge, discovers that the waters are poisoned." When the doctor shares his...
Everything connected to Linda Dierkes' death was planned. As the pain increased and became less and less bearable, she took advantage of Vermont's Death with Dignity Law after being diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer. An incredibly brave thing to do. Linda called it her “liftoff.” She chose the time: 11 a.m. on July 10, 2021. She was lying outside on a chaise lounge overlooking the hills of West Brattleboro, wearing a brightly flowered shirt that she bought for herself...
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