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...
At her second meeting since formation of a new Windham Southeast Supervisory Union school board, Chair Michelle Luetjen Green admitted that the hiring process to select a new superintendent raised “concerns that we did not secure a fair process for all applicants to be reviewed, assessed, and deliberated on.” She told The Commons that her words are a “personal statement that I felt should be acknowledged sooner than later.” Her comment came at the same March 30 meeting where parent...
Paul Oscher believes that when it comes to playing the blues, less is more. “At least with the Chicago blues, which I play and is the tradition which I promote, the blues is a language rather than a style,” he says. “The story is the most important thing. In the blues, the song is always driven by the drama of the words.” On Friday, June 20, at 7:30 p.m., Next Stage Arts Project presents this award-winning blues singer, songwriter, and...
Like so many, I was horrified when I heard about the Hamas attack on Israel. My first thought: How could Hamas possibly justify such brutality toward Israeli citizens and care so little about the people of Gaza, given Israel's well-known history of over-the-top retaliation against any Palestinian uprisings, be they peaceful or violent? If the images and descriptions of heinous cruelty doesn't keep one up at night, what would? My second thought: What the hell did anyone expect? The whole...
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