BRATTLEBORO — Thank you, Jeebus! And thank you, Wendy M. Levy [“A union-busting law firm separates Co-op from its expressed ideals,” Letters, Oct. 17], for your articulation of the problem.
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...
NORTHFIELD, MASS.-There are so many hysterical writers to this paper that it's difficult to focus...
The State Board of Libraries in charge of naming geographic features such as mountains and streams will revisit a petition to rename a local brook this month. So far, the conversation around renaming Negro Brook has touched on a multitude of issues: racism, uplifting the stories of Black women, local control, community belonging (or not), language, and reconciling history. The people having this conversation come from a myriad of life experiences. The renaming of Negro Brook represents only one of...
Rockingham voters have a well-defined choice in setting the stage for the smooth operation of Rockingham Free Public Library. Choice is what is clearly needed to ensure regaining the public's trust in its duly-elected library Board of Trustees. I intend to vote for the unified slate of Board of Trustee candidates, “Trustees You Can Trust”: Doreen Aldrich, Carol Blackwood, David Gould, and L. Raymond Massucco. Each seeks to work with the Trustees who will remain seated on the board following...
The Wardsboro Library, 107 Main St., is hosting an exhibit of local artist and teacher Arlo Monroe during the month of March. The Monroe family moved from Iowa to Wardsboro in 1931. Arlo Monroe's father had bought a 28-acre farm on what is now Main Street. The farmhouse is the present site of the Wardsboro Public Library. His paintings are loaned by family and friends, and include familiar scenes of Wardsboro's past. A reception for the artist will be held...
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