Membership fees for Brattleboro Time Trade are $60 per year. The wrong amount was reported in the May 14 edition of The Commons.
BELLOWS FALLS-National Grid and Great River Hydro (GRH) is making plans to upgrade the Vilas...
Much has been written about the effort expended on changing the way Vermont's education is...
TOWNSHEND-The smallest hospital in Vermont is not going anywhere. One provision of The One Big...
BRATTLEBORO-Ask any journalist: It is almost impossible to get a good photo of documents being...
Fred Homer is a jack of all trades and a master of many, though he might be blushing at that description. A wildlife rehabilitator, Fred has created a haven for injured animals in need of care and a safe place to recuperate. Fred has really created a sanctuary on his property in his barn, where each bird has its own enclosure - sort of an AirBnB for them. They come, they stay awhile. He is also an accomplished artist in...
A fascinating conversation has been taking place in Vermont over the last several years - a conversation about whether “environmentalism” and “entrepreneurialism” can exist together. It is a conversation driven, in part, by the anticipated effects of climate change, and the challenge to do something about it. Of course, in Vermont the economy and the environment are deeply intertwined. For most - if not all - of our history, we have relied a great deal on our unique and healthy...
Be perfectly honest: How much do you really know about Gandhi or Benjamin Franklin or Galileo? Or for that matter, what's the lowdown on Queen Elizabeth or Joan of Arc or Madame Curie? To help the whole family learn more about such historical figures, Richard Korson recently created and produced a new comedy series, The Who Was? Show, which premiered on Netflix streaming network in May. “It's a super cool project teaching kids about famous historical figures with lots of...
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