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...
Ellen Fairchild Martyn “I have so many memories from the meat counter at the First National, to getting my hair cut up in the cupola when Bill McInerney had his place up there, and getting ice cream sodas at the fountain after ballroom dance classes. Mom had offices there for a while where they had little Frisbees to throw through the connecting doors, fresh cookies with the kids at the Upper Crust Bakery, and years of buying books at the...
Singer-songwriter Jenna Sawin Rice, who grew up in the Connecticut River Valley in Vermont, describes her “poetic” songs as “celebrat[ing] the stories of ordinary people, and the highs and the lows of being alive,” and says they are “delivered with honest, often haunting vocals and down-to-earth playing.” With the release of her sophomore album, Chapters Turn and Bridges Burn, Rice takes a departure from the full band of her debut recording, this time featuring only the songwriter and her guitar.
I am running for the Rockingham Selectboard's one-year seat. Because I have been on the board for almost 15 years, I bring history and experience. I was one of the founding mothers of Citizens for Participation in Rockingham (CPR). This organization was started almost 20 years ago, because there were few choices and too many candidates were running unopposed. Every time we have an issue in our community, we have a plethora of candidates running for office. Despite the fact...
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