New job in the offing?

Abby Jones

Wednesday, April 13, 2016 — Issue 352

Excellent article, thanks! Do you think Hillary Clinton asked Patrick Leahy to be vice president or secretary of state?

Voices

Seeing difference as a strength, not a weakness

Marc Thurman

Marc Thurman is the director of the Centers for Diversity and Inclusion at Landmark College.

Irony and hypocrisy

Karen Tyler

BRATTLEBORO-Charlie Kirk very publicly said that he believed it was worth the cost of a...

Trump and Republicans are trampling on our most sacred freedoms

Stephen Stearns

BRATTLEBORO-Are you thinking about our Constitution's First Amendment today? I am. Before our revolution in...

We need to come out for the next No Kings march on Oct. 18

Dan DeWalt

WILLIAMSVILLE-Every day we wake up to news of yet another assault on our Constitution and...

STORY FOOTER GOES HERE

Newspapers to host forum for WSESD board candidates

Wednesday, February 9, 2022 — Issue 650

The Commons and the Brattleboro Reformer will jointly host a candidates' forum for the Windham Southeast School Board on Wednesday, Feb. 16, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. The Windham Southeast School District includes all public schools within Guilford, Brattleboro, Dummerston, and Putney. Early voting begins Wednesday, Feb. 9 and concludes on Town Meeting Day, Tuesday, March 1. To access the link for the forum and resources for the election, visit bit.ly/wsesd-forum. Voters in the four towns will select one representative...

Correcting an error: Keeping grades 7 and 8 at Marlboro will cost more

Dan MacArthur

Wednesday, March 1, 2023 — Issue 704

To my fellow members of the Marlboro community: I write this to accept responsibility and to make a correction. I was a co-signer of a letter that was mailed to the residents of Marlboro which contained an incorrect statement, and I alone am responsible for this. The letter mentioned Principal Wayne Kermenski as agreeing that the costs of keeping grades 7 and 8 at Marlboro compared to paying tuition for them to attend other schools would essentially be a wash.

Next Stage hosts Antje Duvekot, Pete Bernhard on Oct. 22

Wednesday, October 18, 2023 — Issue 736

Next Stage Arts Project and Twilight Music present an evening of contemporary folk music with Antje Duvekot and Pete Bernhard at Next Stage, 15 Kimball Hill, on Sunday, Oct. 22, at 7 p.m. Duvekot is a German-born, American-raised singer-songwriter whose songs "have been critically praised for their hard-won wisdom, dark-eyed realism, and street-smart romanticism," organizers note in a news release. They continue: "Her bicultural upbringing and relative newness to English have helped shape her unique way with a song, giving...

The Commons is published by Vermont Independent Media, Inc., a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization.

New job in the offing?

Abby Jones

Wednesday, April 13, 2016 — Issue 352

Voices

Seeing difference as a strength, not a weakness

Irony and hypocrisy

Trump and Republicans are trampling on our most sacred freedoms

We need to come out for the next No Kings march on Oct. 18

Subscribe to receive free email delivery of The Commons!

STORY FOOTER GOES HERE

News

Newspapers to host forum for WSESD board candidates

Wednesday, February 9, 2022 — Issue 650

Voices

Correcting an error: Keeping grades 7 and 8 at Marlboro will cost more

Dan MacArthur

Wednesday, March 1, 2023 — Issue 704

Arts

Next Stage hosts Antje Duvekot, Pete Bernhard on Oct. 22

Wednesday, October 18, 2023 — Issue 736

Category Menu

Nav Menu