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Voices

The right thing, but still hard

By
Ann Firestone
Wednesday, June 8, 2016 — Issue 360

What a lovely piece! It's so hard to make such a huge sacrifice, even when we know it's the best and right thing to do.

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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For 11 projects in county, $4.6 million from the feds

By
Virginia Ray
Wednesday, December 20, 2023 — Issue 745

The Windham & Windsor Housing Trust (WWHT) and Greater Rockingham Area Services (GRAS) are two of 11 applicants in Windham County to receive Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and Recovery Housing Program (RHP) federal funding awards through the Vermont Community Development Program. Governor Phil Scott and the Department of Housing and Community Development announced the recipients of a total of $4,591,000 on Dec. 14. In Brattleboro, WWHT is the sub-grantee that will receive a $440,000 CDBG supplemental award to administer...

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Voices

A few more safety tips for cyclists, pedestrians

By
Valerie Abrahamsen
Wednesday, November 20, 2019 — Issue 537

I appreciate the admonitions to drivers about being aware of cyclists. Some of us would love to be able to cycle around town but, for mobility, health, and other reasons, we need to stick with our automobiles. I would thus like to add a few admonitions to cyclists, for the safety of all of us: 1) Cyclists are required to follow the same laws as drivers, e.g., stopping at red lights and stop signs, riding with the traffic. When cyclists...

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Arts

River Gallery School to seek a new executive director

Wednesday, June 14, 2023 — Issue 719

River Gallery School of Art (RGS) has begun the search for a new executive director. The former executive director, Mary Lou Forward, announced in April she would depart the organization. In a news release, the board of directors said that they and the greater RGS community “wish to thank Forward for her positive impact at the school.” “A committee of the Board of Trustees is enacting a process of interviewing interested candidates and preparing written materials that describe the vision...

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