Elayne Clift (elayne-clift.com) has written this column about women, politics, and social issues for almost...
The Northwest Quarterly Meeting of Friends (Quakers) is a coalition of 14 Quaker congregations in...
This letter was submitted on behalf of Spark faculty. PUTNEY-We, the faculty of the Spark...
Matt Dorsey serves on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. He delivered this memoriam to...
The Windham & Windsor Housing Trust (WWHT) entered the final phase of a three-phase rehabilitation and renovation project this month. Construction costs for the project totaled $8.9 million, according to WWHT Executive Director Connie Snow. The funds spruced up 83 of the housing trust's older apartments across 13 buildings. Improvements included refinishing or replacing flooring, updating fixtures, and energy and heating upgrades. According to Snow, staff noticed more than two years ago that some of the apartments purchased during the...
At sundown on Friday, June 30, the Backlot Cinema at Epsilon Spires will present the fabled combination of Pink Floyd's album Dark Side of the Moon played at the same time as the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz - producing unexpected synchronicities that have spurred decades of conspiracy theories about whether Pink Floyd intentionally created their album as a soundtrack to the film. To enhance the experience even further, the version of The Wizard of Oz that will be...
We are glad that the Selectboard voted to approve the annual budget without defunding the police force. We recognize that different voices have different ideas about how defunding would work, but anyone who wants to defund the Brattleboro police had better have a plan to keep the two of us safe. Because we don't feel safe. For Shanta, as a Black American woman, it is impossible not to experience the challenge of having brown skin in a white town and...
Mailing address:
P.O. Box 1212, Brattleboro, VT 05302
Physical address:
139 Main St, Suites 601A and 604, Brattleboro, VT 05302
The Commons is published by Vermont Independent Media, Inc., a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization.