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Voices

Dig that

By
Peter Hargraves
Wednesday, December 24, 2014 — Issue 286

All mining uses equipment often powered by petroleum-fuel machinery. Mining uranium requires disturbing one-millionth the earth of mining coal for similar energy production.

Voices

With the right support, refugees in rural Vermont can thrive

By
Pablo Bose and Thomas Huddleston

Pablo Bose is a professor in the Department of Geography and Geosciences at the University...

Representative Town Meeting works for a town the size of Brattleboro

By
Rebecca Bartlett

BRATTLEBORO-I have lived and voted in Brattleboro for 45 years, and I am writing about...

The wonder of paradox

By
Meg Mott

Meg Mott is professor emerita of Marlboro College and Emerson College and describes herself as...

Editing words about war, and our great divide

By
Jeff Potter

Jeff Potter has edited The Commons since 2008 and has been working in and around...

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News

Brattleboro businesses praise rapid flood fix

By
Randolph T. Holhut
Wednesday, February 13, 2019 — Issue 497

A broken valve for a sprinkler line leading into the Paramount Building on 167 Main St. broke on Feb. 5, sending approximately 160,000 gallons of water cascading into the basements of a pair of downtown buildings. But the owners of the two places most affected by the flooding - the Brattleboro Bike Shop and the neighboring River Garden - said it could've been infinitely worse. Both credit the good fortune of the flooding happening mid-afternoon, rather than at night, and...

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Voices

Thanks from ‘A Christmas Carol’

By
Ian Hefele
Wednesday, January 7, 2015 — Issue 287

On behalf of the board of trustees of the Vermont Theatre Company and the production team for our winter production of A Christmas Carol, we thank our audience members for their support in coming to see our show. Through a desire to tell stories through theater, we have been able to perform in Vermont for over 30 years. We also thank our visionary director, Jessica Gelter; our script adapter and set designer, James Gelter; and the wonderfully talented cast of...

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Arts

Stone Church Arts presents ‘Songs of Brigid’ with James Ruff on harp and vocals

Wednesday, February 1, 2017 — Issue 393

On Friday, Feb. 3, at 7:30 p.m., Stone Church Arts presents early Celtic music from Gaelic Scotland and Ireland revolving around St. Brigid and other Celtic saints and heroes. James Ruff, harp and vocals, will perform a concert entitled “Songs of Brigid, Celtic Goddess and Saint,” at Immanuel Episcopal Church, 20 Church St., the stone church on the hill, according to a news release. Brigid is a Celtic saint and the goddess of poetry, healing and smithcraft. She has been...

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