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Voices

Losing interest?

By
Bryan Louisell
Wednesday, April 13, 2016 — Issue 352

BRATTLEBORO — It sounds to me like Patrick Leahy doesn't want to be a senator from Vermont anymore.

Voices

With the right support, refugees in rural Vermont can thrive

By
Pablo Bose and Thomas Huddleston

Pablo Bose is a professor in the Department of Geography and Geosciences at the University...

Representative Town Meeting works for a town the size of Brattleboro

By
Rebecca Bartlett

BRATTLEBORO-I have lived and voted in Brattleboro for 45 years, and I am writing about...

The wonder of paradox

By
Meg Mott

Meg Mott is professor emerita of Marlboro College and Emerson College and describes herself as...

Editing words about war, and our great divide

By
Jeff Potter

Jeff Potter has edited The Commons since 2008 and has been working in and around...

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Concerns push WSESU Act 46 vote to 2017

By
Mike Faher
Wednesday, September 21, 2016 — Issue 375

A long-planned Act 46 merger vote has been delayed once again in Windham Southeast Supervisory Union. Just a few weeks after setting a Nov. 8 vote on the merger of Brattleboro, Dummerston, Guilford, and Putney school districts, the union's Act 46 Study Committee decided to push that ballot question all the way to Town Meeting Day 2017. Officials also decided to reschedule a Nov. 8 vote on allowing Vernon to leave the regional high school union. That matter will be...

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Voices

Zipper merging: Why not here?

By
Howard Fairman
Wednesday, November 9, 2016 — Issue 382

There is a simple solution to I-91-bridge-project traffic jams: drivers leaving room to take turns “zipper merging.” “One Driver Can Prevent a Traffic Jam” explains (Wall Street Journal, Oct. 12, gratis online at wsj.com), as does interviewed traffic researcher William Beaty's website (trafficwaves.org). Why not here?

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Arts

Dan & Faith, Temple Mountain at Stage 33 Live on March 23

Tuesday, March 18, 2025 — Issue 807

BELLOWS FALLS-Acoustic folk singer-songwriters Dan & Faith and Temple Mountain will play the Stage 33 Live listening room at 33 Bridge St. on Sunday, March 23, in a 3 p.m. matinee. Dan & Faith are an award-winning, multi-instrumentalist, New England-based husband-and-wife singer-songwriter duo who tap into dreams and everyday life in crafting their original songs. Their sound is rooted in tight, interwoven vocal harmonies, supported by varied instrumentation and an occasional a cappella treatment. They introduce or follow most songs...

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