Opposition to Vermont Yankee is more like a religion than a war.
ATHENS-Jeff Potter's column argues that because some United Nations officials and nongovernmental organizations argue Israel's...
BRATTLEBORO-Australian (secret) ballot is the only way all the registered voters of Brattleboro get to...
Tristan Roberts (tristan@tristanroberts.org) is a former state representative, a small-scale farmer, and a writer who...
Daniel Quipp served on the Brattleboro Selectboard from 2019 to 2025. BRATTLEBORO-In the last month...
The Vermont Press Association (VPA) presented The Commons with first prize in the “Best of Vermont - General Excellence” category for the non-daily division at the association's annual awards luncheon on May 31 at the Capital Plaza Hotel. Commons News Editor Randolph T. Holhut also won two awards in the non-daily division: second place for best local news story and third place for best editorial. Kevin O'Connor, a reporter for the Rutland Herald with local roots whose beat includes his...
In his letter in the June 29 issue of The Reformer, Tom Kauffman of the Nuclear Energy Institute in Washington, D.C. (which is fully funded by Entergy and other nuclear power companies) wrote: “The NRC commissioners are nominated by the President of the United States and confirmed by the Senate.” President Obama's election campaign got money from the nuclear power industry. The industry also pays these legal bribes to many senators. (The exact amounts are at www.OpenSecrets.org.) Kauffman continued, “The...
BELLOWS FALLS-World-class jazz comes to Stage 33 Live in Bellows Falls with guitarists John Stowell and Draa Hobbs performing as a duo on Sunday, April 27, at 7 p.m. Stowell's take on harmony, chords, and improvisation "sets him apart," said organizers in a news release. "A jazz guitarist influenced as much by pianists and horn players as he is by guitarists." Based on the West Coast, Stowell's footprint is global. He's been Artist-In-Residence at centers in Germany, Indonesia, Argentina, the...
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