BRATTLEBORO — Compassionate Brattleboro endorses, in the interest of compassion, Brattleboro Common Sense's efforts to articulate the Brattleboro area community's longing for, and commitment to, a world that is healthy, fair, and caring for all.
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...
As opponents and supporters of Act 46 await a court ruling, school boards and voters can expect to face contingencies on the Town Meeting floor. On Feb. 15, Superior Court Judge Robert Mello heard arguments for and against granting a preliminary injunction to school district mergers triggered by Act 46. On Feb. 18, attorney David F. Kelley told The Commons that the judge's ruling will determine school districts' next moves, as an injunction could cover all districts in the state,
Musicians from Marlboro touring program, which has been lauded as a “virtual guarantee of musical excellence” by The Washington Post, returns to the Brattleboro Music Center Saturday, April 8. The concert, set for 7 p.m. at the Brattleboro Music Center (BMC), will include Mendelssohn's Two Pieces for String Quartet, Op. 81; Wiancko's Benkei's “Standing Death”; Kurtág's Duos for Soprano and Double Bass from The Notebooks of G. C. Lichtenberg; Kirsten's “yes I said yes I will Yes”; and Beethoven's String...
I would like to apologize for calling the LGBTQ+ community “people with unusual sexual preferences” at the Sept. 1 Brattleboro Selectboard meeting, where I presented a petition calling on the board to “fly the We Celebrate Democracy/Civil Rights For All main street banner over Main Street whenever there is a space for a banner to be hung.” According to our mission statement, we are organized and operate exclusively on a nonprofit basis to promote positive nonviolent public action for democracy...
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