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Voices

Ms. P. inspired son

By
Donald Stolpp
Wednesday, September 28, 2016 — Issue 376

NEWFANE — My son had Nicole Plympton last year, and he absolutely loved her.

He has had troubles with focus while in school, and she connected with him and made him enjoy education.

Voices

When online community discussion becomes a skewed feedback loop

By
Angela Earle Gray

BRATTLEBORO-In Brattleboro, a significant amount of public discourse happens online. While social media can be...

Love Trumps hate?

By
Lyle Hughes

GREENFIELD, MASS.-When I saw the cover of The Commons, I decided to look over this...

Area youth gave a week of in poverty- and hurricane-relief work in North Carolina

By
Brattleboro Area Interfaith Youth Group

BRATTLEBORO-The Brattleboro Area Interfaith Youth Group went off to Asheville, North Carolina! The multicultural group...

Hyperventilating Trump haters need to get a grip

By
Julia Duncan

NORTHFIELD, MASS.-There are so many hysterical writers to this paper that it's difficult to focus...

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No paper next week

Wednesday, December 28, 2016 — Issue 389

The Commons will suspend publication for a week so our staff and contributors can recharge their batteries, enjoy the rest of the holiday season, and otherwise gird themselves to produce a good newspaper for you in 2017. The next issue will be dated Wednesday, Jan. 11. Deadline for news and advertising is Friday, Jan. 6. All of us at Vermont Independent Media and The Commons offer readers best holiday wishes in these waning days of 2016. See you next year.

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Voices

Recipe for pandemic

By
Elayne Clift
Wednesday, October 2, 2019 — Issue 530

The year was 1918. A virus that some experts think was an avian flu spread so rapidly that in a short time it became the most severe pandemic in recent history. Worldwide, during 1918 and 1919 it infected an estimated 500 million people. That was a third of the world's population. At least 50 million died from the devastating flu globally. Close to 700,000 of those deaths occurred in the United States. Many of them were under the age of...

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Arts

Red Door concert celebrates spring

Wednesday, April 11, 2018 — Issue 454

On Saturday, April 14, at 4 p.m., St. Mary's in the Mountains at 13 East Main St. invites everyone to a casual Red Door concert of light-hearted music to benefit the Southern Vermont Therapeutic Riding Center. Admission is by donation. The Southern Vermont Therapeutic Riding Center has provided riding for individuals with special needs, along with horsemanship and vocational education, since 2010. The benefits generated include not only the physical - improving balance, coordination, and fine motor skills - but...

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