MARLBORO — Thank you, Amy Comerchero! We've been sooooo lucky.
Enjoy a good rest, and then we'll look forward to what's next for you - and our tummies.
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...
BRATTLEBORO-Kimberly Frost, the town's finance director since 2022, will be stepping down on Jan. 3. The announcement was made on brattleboro.gov on Dec. 10. According to a news release, Frost is leaving "to pursue a different opportunity." "Starting this next chapter was a difficult decision, but I'm grateful to have served my community," said Frost. According to the news release, Frost "was instrumental in reuniting the Finance Department with the Treasurer's Office and thereby finding efficiencies to reduce town staff...
What makes politicians publicly embrace a lie when the truth is staring them in the face? "There is an apartheid state here. In a territory where two people are judged under two legal systems, that is an apartheid state." A simple statement of fact - in this case made recently by Tamir Pardo, a former head of Mossad, Israel's intelligence agency, referring to Israel's current system of treatment of Palestinians. Pardo is not the only Israeli official to say so.
Vermont Theatre Company presents A Midsummer Night's Dream, Shakespeare's beloved comedy about lovers lost in the woods fighting for the affections of their preferred partners while mischievous fairies interfere. The ensemble-based performance allows all the actors to shine. It features Heather Herring and Rachel Durante as Helena and Hermia, Jesse Cross-Nickerson and Alex Luckham as Demetrius and Lysander, Tony Grobe and Kirsten Becker as Oberon and Titania, James Gelter as Puck, Shannon Ward as Bottom, and a crew of talented...
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