Since 2009, Olga Peters has written 1,180,098 words for this newspaper. Let me repeat that: 1,180,098 words. From the time in 2009 when she answered a Craigslist ad for freelance writers for The Commons (then still a monthly tabloid), until the recent Sunday when she packed up her desk, Peters never did anything other than her best. Ever. And in the 1,075 stories she filed since, she never stopped learning. Ever. Peters brings a visual sense and texture to her...
Jesse Lepkoff's musical path is rich and peripatetic. From performing with the Boston Camerata to writing and performing bossa nova, Marlboro's own music man is now headed to Memphis to compete in The Blues Foundation's 2023 International Blues Challenge (IBC) on Jan. 24-28. No minor deal, Lepkoff recently earned this ticket at a competition of the Vermont Blues Society (VBS) in Montpelier. Having landed at the top of the solo performers' competition there, he's moving on to the next level...
At the recent meeting where the Selectboard discussed the proposed changes to the rental housing inspection program, Sally Fegley raised a great point: “Good landlords are integral to the fabric of a healthy community.” Good landlords, like those who run any good business, keep their properties in good condition without cost to the town. It is about having checks and balances for business. It should not cost the town when people do business. Inspections have to be done for inns,
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