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Voices

Inspiring business

By
Marjorie Albrecht Ray
Wednesday, May 4, 2016 — Issue 355

TOWNSHEND — Great interview; very inspiring! We're lucky to have companies like Mondo Mediaworks in Brattleboro!

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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Scott won reelection by widest margin yet

By
Sarah Mearhoff
Wednesday, November 16, 2022 — Issue 690

Vermont voters love Gov. Phil Scott more than ever. According to results from the Vermont Secretary of State's Office, the 64-year-old incumbent was reelected to a fourth term on Nov. 8 with 71% of the vote - eclipsing his previous record in 2020 by more than 2 percentage points. The spread widened further this cycle, giving the governor a margin of nearly 47 percentage points. Town-by-town data released by the Secretary of State's Office showed that America's second-most popular governor...

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Voices

Gelter: capable of tackling the toughest issues

By
Stephen Stearns
Wednesday, February 24, 2021 — Issue 601

I am writing in support of Jess Gelter as a member of the Brattleboro Selectboard. I have great respect for Jess. I have taught, coached, and worked with her through New England Youth Theatre for over 15 years. Jess is honest, straightforward, enthusiastic, courageous, eager, possessed of a stellar imagination and intellect, and a very effective team player. She is a good listener, problem solver, and person of action. She is most capable of tackling the toughest issues our town...

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Arts

Local journalist seeks support to finish book on Hallquist campaign

Wednesday, July 24, 2019 — Issue 520

A well-known Vermont journalist has launched a Kickstarter campaign aimed at raising $45,000 - the funds necessary to complete a book chronicling the full behind-the-scenes story of Christine Hallquist's 2018 run as the first openly transgender major-party nominee for governor in the United States. The Democratic Party nominee, Hallquist, formerly the CEO of Vermont Electric Cooperative, lost to Republican incumbent Phil Scott. After being included in all campaign team calls and events from the beginning of the campaign in March...

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