BRATTLEBORO — Nick Widomski was a really amazing person, and everybody who knew him is going to miss him terribly.
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...
Since the fire that destroyed McNeill's Brewery and took Ray McNeill's life, scores of people who knew the man, his pub, and his product have stopped to talk about him and remember. An award-winning brewer, McNeill was dubbed “the Bohemian Brewer of Brattleboro” in Microbrews magazine, where the author wrote, “His brews are not quite heavenly, but close enough to it that you might hear a harp playing in the background when you sip one of his brews.” But this...
The scourge of gun violence in our schools and society has spawned a renewed debate about the causes. We can blame the National Rifle Association for sure; it is a significant co-collaborator. But of the 70 million gun owners, only 5 million are NRA members, and the rest are unaffiliated or members of other, perhaps less-extreme gun-rights organizations. Numerous other political advocacy organizations are better funded than the NRA. We can also blame our neutered politicians. The vicious irony here...
The Brattleboro Music Center (BMC) is offering a unique weeklong program this summer that allows participants to make and learn to play their own harp - and multigenerational music lovers are encouraged to make this a family affair. Those attending the first-ever Hands on Harps Camp - open to participants ages 8 all the way through adult - will build their very own clàsarch (small harp) and learn to play it. The camp runs from Aug. 2 through Aug. 6...
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