YOUR AWARD WINNING, INDEPENDENT, NONPROFIT SOURCE OF NEWS AND VIEWS
✕
YOUR AWARD WINNING, INDEPENDENT, NONPROFIT SOURCE OF NEWS AND VIEWS
✕
Voices

Thanks to Hannaford

By
Pat Haine
Wednesday, December 10, 2014 — Issue 284

GUILFORD — Many thanks to the generous and caring staff at Hannaford for making our shopping trip there such an enjoyable and successful event.

We prepared 28 baskets, each of which provided a complete Thanksgiving dinner for a local family.

Voices

What has the U.S. done?

By
Kate Kenner

GUILFORD-So Trump has been elected - again. If last time was bad, this time will...

Keeping faith in ‘interesting times’

By
The Beloved Community VT

The writers note that they originally sent this letter to their congregation. "We offer it...

Election results: obvious, but still shocking

By
M.N. Scherbatskoy

WESTMINSTER WEST-Thank you to David Brooks for clearly saying in his Nov. 8 New York...

We’ve become a business with a community problem

By
Hannah Sorila

Hannah Sorila is a writer and community organizer who aims to align intention and impact...

Subscribe to the newsletter for weekly updates

STORY FOOTER GOES HERE

News

Wessel, Quipp, McLoughlin win Selectboard seats

By
Olga Peters
Wednesday, March 6, 2019 — Issue 500

The Selectboard and Town School Board both got a makeover on Town Meeting Day. In the unofficial results announced by Town Clerk Hilary Francis after the polls closed on March 5, incumbent Selectboard member Tim Wessel moved up from his one-year seat to claim a three-year term on the board. Wessel defeated Ben Coplan, 980–438. Two new people will join the board. In a four-way race for two one-year terms, Elizabeth McLoughlin (1,022 votes) and Daniel Quipp (644) were the...

Read More

Voices

On Vermont elections in an era of COVID-19

By
Jim Condos
Wednesday, October 14, 2020 — Issue 583

Many of us love going to the polls on Election Day. Joining our friends, family, and neighbors in person to participate in the civic process is something I look forward to every election year. As Vermont's chief election official, it is my responsibility to ensure we can all safely exercise our sacred right to vote. My office's planning for the 2020 elections during COVID-19 has been driven by two unwavering goals: preserving every Vermont voter's right to vote, and protecting...

Read More

Arts

That’s what friends are for

By
Wendy M. Levy
Wednesday, October 5, 2016 — Issue 377

Musician and filmmaker Wyatt Andrews is leading the charge to get his friend Laura Momaney a new power-assist wheelchair. Andrews is producing a multimedia benefit show on Oct. 13 at 118 Elliot. It features what he called “a nice eclectic mix” of musicians, including Elliot St. Alibi, If Not I Than Who Then, Jatoba, Deep Seize - Andrews' two-man band with percussionist Jed Blume, who wrote the text accompanyng the crowdfunding appeal - and visual artist Ben Keating. The show...

Read More

Mailing address:
P.O. Box 1212, Brattleboro, VT 05302

Physical address:
139 Main St, Suites 601A and 604, Brattleboro, VT 05302

888-511-5150
info@commonsnews.org

Category Menu

Nav Menu

The Commons is published by Vermont Independent Media, Inc., a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization.