BRATTLEBORO-Last week, the Vermont Legislature adjourned after passing a controversial education reform bill that many...
WINDHAM-Approximately 40 people gathered at the Windham Meeting House on June 17 for "What's Possible,
BRATTLEBORO-Three school districts will begin their summer meals programs, distributing free, weekly meal kits to...
WESTMINSTER-After completing its 25th school year of operation, The Compass School recently and abruptly announced...
Gail Golec really digs graves. Just not with a shovel. Golec, a professional archaeologist, told The Commons, “Because I'm a huge nerd, I love going to cemeteries to just walk around, mostly the earlier ones.” “The art, the carvings, are beautiful. I like studying the names and the epitaphs,” she said. Golec has “always been fascinated by cemeteries,” even as a child growing up in North Walpole and Alstead, N.H. “My family are good storytellers and joke-tellers,” she said, “and...
As he relocates it to his home studio in West Brattleboro, Michael Moyse hopes to jump start the innovative art center he founded more than two decades ago with a free workshop. On Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 18 and 19, The Center for Digital Art (with support from C.X. Silver Gallery) is hosting an intensive exploration of digital arts at 81 Pleasant Valley Rd. The event is a collaboration between Moyse and Chinese video artist Le Xi. The two-day program...
I believe that Vermonters have been hoodwinked by a few activists and politicians who mistakenly believe they must protect the citizens of Vermont from a hypothetical Vermont Yankee accident. Their statements, appearing in letters and news articles, are riddled with untruths about how nuclear power works and unsupported personal attacks on the intelligence, honesty, and commitment of Vermont Yankee employees. Vermont Yankee workers are all safety-conscious, professional people. The forefront of their work ethic has always been the health and...
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