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Voices

A rare integrity

By
Mareka Ohlson
Wednesday, March 25, 2015 — Issue 298

BRATTLEBORO — Integrity is a rare word these days. Susan Keese had it!

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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Fire investigators conclude inquiry into fatal fire

By
Olga Peters
Wednesday, August 17, 2016 — Issue 370

Local and state fire investigators ruled the cause of a fatal fire at 3 Record Drive as “undetermined.” The Brattleboro Fire Department Investigation Team, Brattleboro Police, the Vermont State Police Fire Investigation Unit, and the Vermont Division of Fire Safety completed their investigation Aug. 11. “It has been concluded that the fire started in a front bedroom, though the cause is undetermined,” Brattleboro Fire Chief Michael Bucossi said. “It is not suspicious.” An “undetermined” fire means investigators couldn't pinpoint a...

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Voices

‘Nobody knows what I’m going to do’

By
MacLean Gander
Tuesday, June 24, 2025 — Issue 821

MacLean Gander is retired from a long career as a professor and administrator at Landmark College. A former member of the board of directors of Vermont Independent Media, he was a longtime volunteer investigative reporter and columnist for this newspaper. This piece is adapted from his Substack site, Escape Velocity, where he posts essays about society, culture, and politics. RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL, JUNE 22-On Oct. 25, 1983, Ronald Reagan sent 70,000 troops to invade the small island nation of...

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Arts

Last Night Brattleboro offers banquet of traditional music

Wednesday, December 19, 2018 — Issue 490

Last Night Brattleboro has announced the 16th annual concert of New England, Appalachian, Irish, and French-Canadian dance music, fiddling from around the world, a feast of singing including singing for all, and a smattering of poems, featuring Brattleboro's Murphy/Tracy family (Keith, Becky, Aidan), and Amidon family: Peter and Mary Alice, Sam, Stefan and Zara Bode. The concert is Monday, Dec. 31, at Centre Congregational Church, 193 Main St., starting at 7 p.m. Keith Murphy (guitar, mandolin, piano, foot percussion) and...

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