PUTNEY-After years of planning and navigating legal challenges, co-developers Windham-Windsor Housing Trust (WWHT) and Burlington-based...
BRATTLEBORO-Most matriarchs observe Mother's Day on the second Sunday in May. But Guilford great-great-grandmother Shirley...
ROCKINGHAM-A crew from Hartgen Archeological Associates spent a week at the Rockingham Meeting House earlier...
BRATTLEBORO-The Brattleboro Area Farmers' Market (BAFM) is proudly celebrating 50-plus years of bringing locally grown...
Pore over the meticulously detailed court filings of the recent law enforcement action against the Rainbow Therapeutic Spa, and several things will jump out at you. For starters, it becomes obvious that a sting like this one is part of a larger law-enforcement effort - a fact that Detective Lieutenant Michael Studin of the Vermont State Police readily confirmed to The Commons on Aug. 15. “Vermont is just one stop amongst many in the country, and Brattleboro is just one...
Advanced students and professionals from the New England Center for Circus Arts (NECCA) will be a sight to see at the center's annual spring cabaret, the Showcase of Circus, on Saturday, March 23. The performance is at the NECCA studio at 74 Cotton Mill Hill, Suite 300. Shows are at 3 and 7 p.m. Inspired by spring and new beginnings, this high-flying show features aerialists, acrobats, jugglers, and more. Acts include works in progress from the adult professional training program...
Here's how Susan Clark and Frank Bryan, in their book All Those in Favor: Rediscovering the Secrets of Town Meeting and Community, describe the weaknesses and dangers of Australian ballot: “Voting by Australian ballot is much simpler than going to town meeting. It is much less time consuming. It is much less public, done alone behind curtains. It is much less threatening - no one ever knows what you think. The Australian ballot is quick, easy, private, unaccountable and, most...
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