BELLOWS FALLS — Thank you for writing such a complete piece about our town. Well done.
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...
The town's infrastructure needs a lot of help - and a lot of money. That's what Town Manager Peter B. Elwell told the Selectboard at the Nov. 20 board meeting. As Elwell, his staff, and the board have worked on the fiscal year 2020 budget over the past few weeks, both good news and bad news have emerged. Some revenues are up, like the money the town receives from the Meals and Rooms Tax. And Elwell has a plan to...
The article was very interesting and informative. However, I take issue with Elizabeth Bridgewater's insinuation that those who oppose the Windham-Windsor Housing Trust's proposed building project in Putney are responsible for the increase in costs for the project. Once again, it seems that citizens who have every civil and legal right to oppose this building project in the only green space in downtown Putney are being shamed into silence. Why doesn't WWHT do what it has historically been so good...
BRATTLEBORO-On Friday and Saturday, Oct. 18 and 19, the Brattleboro Union High School Players will present their production of Our Town by Thornton Wilder, a script that playwright Edward Albee called "probably the finest American play ever written so far." First produced in 1938, the play has provided thought-provoking entertainment for audiences ever since. Wilder's dramatic innovations, considered radical at the time, included no props and a minimal set (some chairs, a couple of tables); and a non-linear plot. Its...
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