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BRATTLEBORO-In Brattleboro, a significant amount of public discourse happens online. While social media can be...
GREENFIELD, MASS.-When I saw the cover of The Commons, I decided to look over this...
BRATTLEBORO-The Brattleboro Area Interfaith Youth Group went off to Asheville, North Carolina! The multicultural group...
NORTHFIELD, MASS.-There are so many hysterical writers to this paper that it's difficult to focus...
BRATTLEBORO-It was a night to honor the creative economy as the Brattleboro Area Chamber of Commerce (BACC) shined a spotlight on that sector in its annual awards ceremony on Sept. 11 at the Brattleboro Country Club. Tom Bodett, co-founder of HatchSpace, was presented with BACC's Person of the Year award, while Randi Solin and Natalie Blake of Fire Arts Vermont were named BACC's Entrepreneurs of the Year and Next Stage Arts in Putney was honored as BACC's Member of the...
Thank you, Wendy M. Levy, for so perfectly expressing my own feelings about not only Mr. Abbott's “plight,” but every Trump supporter who appears to have confused hate speech with free speech. I've had my fill of giant U.S. flags being waved in honor of a man who is openly standing with Putin, even as he makes further attempts to disrupt our elections and has offered the Taliban bounties to murder our troops. A man who openly appeals to people...
Drag performers Emoji Nightmare and Nikki Champagne will read from a selection of children's books, including C is for Country by iconic gay rapper Lil Nas X and Bodies are Cool, an inclusive exploration of body positivity by graphic artist Tyler Feder. The reading takes place at Epsilon Spires at 190 Main St. on Saturday, Oct. 23, from 3 to 4:30 p.m. “Because of our costumes and personas, we are basically storybook characters come to life,” Emoji said in a...
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