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...
The Putney Food Co-op is the first retailer to officially join the Northeast Organic Family Farm Partnership's efforts to support local organic dairy brands and organic dairy farms. The Partnership, launched earlier this year through the efforts of Stonyfield Organic co-founder Gary Hirshberg, hopes to encourage consumers to increase weekly purchases of organic dairy brands with the goal of providing area dairy farms with the demand they need to remain financially viable. Putney Food Co-op is the first retailer in...
Ãine Minogue, a gifted Irish harper and singer, has created music that “takes audiences to wander the winter landscapes of soul and settles them before a blazing fire,” according to a news release. Her songs, poetry, and dance music return to the area as part of the new Stone Church by Candlelight series at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 9, at Immanuel Episcopal Church, the stone church on the hill, 20 Church St. Born and raised in Borrisokane, County Tipperary, Ireland,
For those of you who may not know, the Nov. 8 general election ballots are being mailed to all individual voters on all Vermont city and town voter checklists under the control of the Vermont Secretary of State's Office. Town clerks in the state used to have control of the general election ballots, mailing some to those requesting absentee ballots and military ballots. The majority of ballots were held by town clerks for use by voters in individual cities and...
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