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Voices

Senate campaign was rewarding and affirming

Wednesday, December 7, 2016 — Issue 386

BRATTLEBORO — Thanks to the 4,461 Windham County voters who supported my run.

I experienced seven weeks of kind and encouraging comments from old friends, acquaintances, and total strangers.

I strongly encourage others to consider running for public office. It is a rewarding and affirming experience, win or lose.

Voices

What has the U.S. done?

By
Kate Kenner

GUILFORD-So Trump has been elected - again. If last time was bad, this time will...

Keeping faith in ‘interesting times’

By
The Beloved Community VT

The writers note that they originally sent this letter to their congregation. "We offer it...

Election results: obvious, but still shocking

By
M.N. Scherbatskoy

WESTMINSTER WEST-Thank you to David Brooks for clearly saying in his Nov. 8 New York...

We’ve become a business with a community problem

By
Hannah Sorila

Hannah Sorila is a writer and community organizer who aims to align intention and impact...

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News

‘You’re not the same person’

By
Fran Lynggaard Hansen
Wednesday, August 31, 2022 — Issue 679

The way family and friends describe Emmy Bascom belies the narrative of her last hours of life described in court filings - a path of drugs and alcohol that came as a shock to many people in her orbit. “Drugs change you into somebody completely different,” says a Brattleboro resident, “Lynn.” (At the request of one of the family members involved in this story, The Commons is withholding all their names out of respect for their privacy.) “You do things...

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Voices

Survivor of fire gives thanks for depth of blessing of community support

By
Sally Cutts
Wednesday, May 9, 2018 — Issue 458

This is a thank you for all the help and support after the fire on Dec. 17, 2017 which took the lives of our daughter/sister/aunt, Elizabeth Cutts, and our husband/father/grandfather, Bruce Cutts. I never intended to take so long getting to this but I would very much like to take this opportunity to thank the community for their generous support during this very difficult time. Though we are burdened with sadness and grief, your many kindnesses have upheld us in...

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Arts

Epsilon Spires showcases keyboard innovation with two concerts

Wednesday, August 31, 2022 — Issue 679

Baltimore-based musician Liz Durette will be featured in two concerts at Epsilon Spires in early September. The first, which will begin at noon on Wednesday, Sept. 7, is another installment of the free Lunchtime Pipe Organ series. The following night, Durette will play her own improvised keyboard works after a performance of the audio-visual collaboration Elegy for Harold Budd by Dave Seidel and Greg Kowalski. For the Lunchtime Pipe Organ Series, Durette will play pieces by the 18th-century French composer...

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