BRATTLEBORO — It sounds to me like Patrick Leahy doesn't want to be a senator from Vermont anymore.
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...
At the age of 95, Janice Martin is spryer than many others half her years and has a memory like a steel trap. “In September 1932, at the age of 6, I started school in the one-room schoolhouse called the South School, located in Vernon, Vermont,” she says. “It's still there and is now the home of the Vernon Historical Society,” remembers Martin. “I had my picture taken by the old wood stove in 2015.” The former Janice Pratt was...
For those of you in the Windham Northeast wondering how negotiations are going, I've got news for you: Thanks to Susan Smallheer's recent story in the Brattleboro Reformer ["Windham Northeast Supervisory Union, teachers' union, head to mediation," March 11] you already know as much as the school boards do, which is: It's headed for mediation. Let me explain. Right now, it looks like after making nicey-nicey with the Windham Northeast Education Association for a few negotiating sessions, we just didn't...
Six new exhibits open at the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center on Saturday, March 18. They include glass sculptures inspired by kids' drawings, original artwork by one of America's most beloved cartoonists, an artist's renderings of every item in his home, an immersive installation inspired by Islamic architecture, and more. An opening reception for museum members and the exhibiting artists will take place at 11 a.m. The exhibits open to the public at 1 p.m. They will remain on view...
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