BRATTLEBORO — The Archer Mayor bit seems irrelevant and insensitive. I'm surprised you let this go to print.
I expect better from The Commons.
BRATTLEBORO-We are living in a moment of deep crisis for our democracy. Billionaires and political...
WESTMINSTER-A few days ago, I texted some of my family members to call their representatives...
BRATTLEBORO-There has been an unrelenting assault on our culture and our country since the inauguration...
TOWNSHEND-Several weeks ago, a Peruvian fisherman, stranded in the ocean for months, was miraculously found...
At a Guilford Selectboard meeting on Nov. 14, one town official had some words to say about the Windham Solid Waste Management District. The district is “running in the red so much they can't even give the towns a budget to vote on,” said Vice Chair Troy Revis, who also serves as the town's alternate representative to the WSWMD board of supervisors. Revis suggested that the town “[get] together with the Franklins and the Goodenoughs” and use those private waste...
There hasn't been a big fossil-fuel-burning plant in the area yet, and a gas plant in Vernon would cross a threshold into the past. Maximizing efficiency and output at the old, existing Vernon Dam hydroelectric plant would be a big first step to boosting clean energy. A nice solar facility and small-to mid-scale vertical axis wind turbine array would be great. Winds funnel nicely down that part of the river valley; it's a perfect spot for harvesting wind, water, and...
The Brattleboro Museum & Art Center (BMAC) presents two online talks in January related to “Rachel Portesi: Hair Portraits,” an exhibit of tintype photographs on view through Feb. 14. Helen Sheumaker, Ph.D., author of Love Entwined: The Curious History of Hairwork in America, presents “Linking Us Fondly: Hairwork in 19th Century America” on Thursday, Jan. 14, at 7 p.m. Her talk will explore the practice of transforming hair into mementos, one of the inspirations for Portesi's photographs of women with...
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