AmÉe LaTour is a writer for nonprofits and lover of words and human beings. Recovery...
BRATTLEBORO-Peter Adair's essay is the best piece of writing I have seen in The Commons:
FLORENCE, MASS.-I just read with shock and awe, or just plain enthusiasm, a couple of...
Kris Pavek, a 71-year-old retired midwife and photographer, has often stayed in Brattleboro in summer...
Democratic gubernatorial candidate and former Google executive Matt Dunne is in constant motion. On a recent Friday afternoon, he paced back and forth, framed by Mocha Joe's windows on Main Street, talking on his cellphone as quickly as he moved his feet. Once inside the coffee shop, Dunne said “no” to coffee. He didn't need the caffeine. Dunne, 46, is an intense presence and speaks with passion about improving the economy, pulling struggling Vermonters from poverty, and creating affordable housing.
The seventh- and eighth-grade students at The Grammar School in Putney will perform scenes from Shakespeare's Twelfth Night on Thursday, Nov. 8, at 6:30 p.m. The show is free and open to the public. This production is the culmination of an intensive artist residency with Vermont teaching artist John Hadden, an accomplished actor and director. This residency was made possible by a generous grant from the Vermont Arts Council. Hadden is a founding member of Shakespeare & Company in Lenox,
Vermont has never elected a woman to be our state's Attorney General, but we have the opportunity this year! My cousin, Charity Clark, is running in the August primary to be the Democratic candidate on the ballot in November. I believe she is the most qualified candidate for this important job. With so much at stake at this moment - reproductive freedom, public safety, criminal justice reform, environmental protection - it is critical that we elect an attorney general who...
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