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Sketching on site
Voices

Sketching on site

By
Candy Barr
Wednesday, May 13, 2015 — Issue 305

I love the sketch by Karen Becker of the chorus singing. How refreshing it is to have a drawing done on the site of local activities.

Would that The Commons have more illustrations like this one.

Voices

Please slow down

By
Emily Hallock

Emily Hallock is a patient care technician at Brattleboro Retreat. She originally posted this piece...

Free the drugs - one idea to address our collective trauma

By
Nancy Crompton

WEST BRATTLEBORO-Free the drugs. I suggest the state of Vermont offers free drugs administered by...

Republicans wary of Trump have the 'Jim Jeffords solution'

By
L. Michael Lovell

PUTNEY-The Jim Jeffords ("I didn't leave the party, the party left me") solution: The U.S.

'Woeful ignorance or deliberate malice'

By
Marv Greenberg, DVM, CVA

MIDDLEBURY-CCM Holland Mills' letter itself is filled with untrue statements and harmful rhetoric, which I,

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News

Help for the helpers

By
Robert F. Smith
Friday, January 20, 2023 — Issue 698

When Covid-19 struck in March 2020, one of the early casualties was the closing of the Uniformed Services Program (USP) at the Brattleboro Retreat, Vermont’s largest psychiatric hospital. USP, launched in 2009, brought in first responders from around the country, helping former and current military members, police, firefighters, emergency response personnel, etc. deal with the aftereffects of intense trauma — in particular, post-traumatic stress disorder. What was originally intended to be a short-term shutdown of the program turned into a...

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Voices

Car show organizers support Brattleboro skatepark

By
Jeff Clark
Wednesday, September 20, 2017 — Issue 426

BASIC (Brattleboro Area Skatepark Is Coming) sends a sincere thank you to members of the VTStance group for their generous contribution toward Brattleboro's skateboard project. VTStance members worked extremely hard to organize and run the 2017 Down 'n Out III Car Show with the needs of their community at heart. The event took place at the Brattleboro Union High School and drew car enthusiasts from around New England. On display were cars from the 1950s to high-performance models just released.

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Arts

‘I reach for humor and mystery’

Wednesday, May 22, 2024 — Issue 766

PUTNEY-NXT Gallery hosts an opening reception for its upcoming exhibit, "A World Adjacent: Paintings by Jana Zeller." The reception will take place on Friday, May 31, 5:30 to 8 p.m. The exhibit continues through Aug. 11. In her artist statement, Zeller writes about painting props and puppets and designing sets while a teen in a family of internationally touring puppeteers. "During this time I discovered my passion for painting and spent many years creating backdrop-sized oil paintings full of puppet-like...

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