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...
Kurt White of the Brattleboro Retreat described 2009 as a “watershed year” for the treatment field. That was the year the total number of drug-overdose deaths exceeded fatalities from automobile accidents. Little did treatment providers such as White know that the crisis would get worse and more people would die. “I think the opioid crisis has forced me to use every ounce of empathy,” White, the hospital's director of ambulatory services, told the audience attending the Windham County Consortium on...
Susan Dedell has served as music director at St. Michael's Episcopal Church for the past 30 years. She said she's proud of the fine singing - not only of the choirs, but also of the congregation - and of the strong community spirit that music can yield, a spirit she believes will live past her tenure. She grew up in Muskegon, Mich., and started piano at 7. In her early teens, she said, she had her first paying gig on...
BRATTLEBORO-I read with interest Elayne Clift's column. It is obvious the madness has begun and is in full swing. Make no mistake, I will not be voting for Donald Trump. I think he is a rapist, a failed businessman, an intellectual dunce, and perhaps the stupidest president who has ever governed the USA. But none of these matters has anything to do with why the establishment is so against him. Ms. Clift mentioned her fear of oligarchs and her fear...
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