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Voices

Maybe try walking

By
Jeremy White
Wednesday, October 12, 2016 — Issue 378

WILMINGTON — Maybe try walking, since you can't drive safely (so you say). And slow the hell down if you can't stop. Genius.

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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Putting a roof on it, with the help of friends

By
Virginia Ray
Wednesday, March 3, 2021 — Issue 602

Farmer Jon Wright is not accustomed to asking for help. In fact, he's more likely the one offering it. But after an abundantly snowy winter and big rain on Feb. 16 caused a partial collapse of Wright's barn roof at Taylor Farm, he has reluctantly decided to ask for a little help from his 180-year-old farm's friends. And they are eagerly stepping up. “There have been times at Taylor Farm when 'raising the roof' meant stomping your feet at a...

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Voices

A great gift

By
Dotty Schnure
Wednesday, February 17, 2016 — Issue 344

The only thing I don't believe, Susan Odegard, is that you are not an accomplished person. Wow - you have found beauty in yourself and the world and have articulated it so well. Thanks for this gift of an article.

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Arts

Saxtons River Art Guild offers workshop on painting flowers in watercolors

Tuesday, March 18, 2025 — Issue 807

SAXTONS RIVER-The Saxtons River Art Guild (SRAG) will offer a watercolor workshop with Robert J. O'Brien on Saturday, April 5, from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., at United Church, 8 School St., Bellows Falls. This workshop, "Painting Spectacular Flowers in Watercolor," is open to painters of all levels. Students will learn basic floral painting techniques, with an emphasis on values and composition, as well as layering and blending color into soft edges, while using close-up reference photos. A critique and...

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