Rick Holmes, of Marlboro, is a retired newspaper editor and columnist. MARLBORO-Ho Chi Minh City,
BRATTLEBORO-In Brattleboro, a significant amount of public discourse happens online. While social media can be...
GREENFIELD, MASS.-When I saw the cover of The Commons, I decided to look over this...
BRATTLEBORO-The Brattleboro Area Interfaith Youth Group went off to Asheville, North Carolina! The multicultural group...
A plan to make the town "an inclusive, safe and resilient rural community where residents, businesses and organizations thrive, and live life in harmony with nature and each other" will be presented for public comment at hearings scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 24 and Wednesday, Nov. 8. Both meetings start at 5:30 p.m. in Town Hall. The Planning Commission's draft of the 2023 Putney Town Plan addresses this vision via several "strategic directions/priorities." They include: • Create a sustainable village and...
PUTNEY-The Next Stage Bandwagon Summer Series presents dance trio Soles of Duende on Saturday, Aug. 24, at 6 p.m. at The Putney Inn, 57 Putney Landing Rd. A Brooklyn-born Puerto Rican from New Haven, a Mexican Puerto Rican Jew from the Lower East Side, and a Bengali Indian from Jersey walked onto the wooden floor, and the rest? History. "Bonded by their deep love of music, their crafts, and true connection," write organizers in a news release, "Soles of Duende...
I am writing to let people know about a recent congressional report that details the high levels of heavy metals in practically all baby food sold by four major brands. Heavy metals like lead, cadmium, and mercury have terrible effects on the development of young bodies - in particular, on neurological development. Baby formulas are mostly used by poor families. The levels of lead in some of these products were found to be 177 times the safe threshold for an...
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