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.
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...
“Heating it up with the Ladies of the Rainbow,” on Saturday, Sept. 22, at 8 p.m. at the Eagles Hall on Chickering Drive, will be a joint fundraiser for Vermont Independent Media - the nonprofit publisher of The Commons - and the Windham County Heat Fund. The drag show has become a very popular local event and usually sells out in advance. This is adult entertainment and is not suitable for children. Doors will open at 7 p.m., and the...
We're working to bring to Vermont a community-centered economic system that makes payments through a secure, digital technology - just as debit cards do. The Vermont BENE Group (Better Economics for Neighbors Everywhere) has been meeting in Brattleboro every week since last winter planning the rCredits system in Vermont. As a user, you exchange the dollars you deposit into credits that can be used with a special card at participating businesses. Local spending encourages more local circulation, which stimulates the...
The Brattleboro Music Center's Chamber Series welcomes the return of the Musicians from Marlboro on Friday, March 25. The 7:30 p.m. concert will feature the works of Britten and Schubert. Schubert's String Quartet, D. 87, written when he was only 16 years old, “provides a youthful counterpoint to Britten's String Quartet, No. 3, written within the final year of his life,” according to a news release. “The lyrical 'Auf dem Strom' for tenor, horn, and piano offers a personal narrative...
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