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Voices

‘It took guts to write this’

By
Marjorie Albrecht Ray
Wednesday, October 24, 2018 — Issue 482

BROOKLINE — Thank you, Deb Luskin. It took guts to write this. And thank you to The Commons for publishing.

I am hopeful for change. I pray we can all be kinder to each other in the midst of these revelations.

Voices

Please slow down

By
Emily Hallock

Emily Hallock is a patient care technician at Brattleboro Retreat. She originally posted this piece...

Free the drugs - one idea to address our collective trauma

By
Nancy Crompton

WEST BRATTLEBORO-Free the drugs. I suggest the state of Vermont offers free drugs administered by...

Republicans wary of Trump have the 'Jim Jeffords solution'

By
L. Michael Lovell

PUTNEY-The Jim Jeffords ("I didn't leave the party, the party left me") solution: The U.S.

'Woeful ignorance or deliberate malice'

By
Marv Greenberg, DVM, CVA

MIDDLEBURY-CCM Holland Mills' letter itself is filled with untrue statements and harmful rhetoric, which I,

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News

Court denies appeal to stop housing project in Putney

By
Virginia Ray
Wednesday, February 22, 2023 — Issue 703

An appeal of the decision by the Putney Development Review Board to approve the Windham & Windsor Housing Trust (WWHT) application to build a subdivision of 25 affordable housing units on Alice Holway Drive land has been denied by Vermont Superior Court's Environmental Division, spurring disappointment in opponents and giving the WWHT a green light to proceed after a 30-day waiting period. “We were pleased to have received word that the appeal of WWHT's zoning permit for the creation of...

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Voices

Eastes: a hard worker who will advocate for us

By
Anne Rider
Tuesday, October 8, 2024 — Issue 785

GUILFORD-I am writing to voice my support for Zon Eastes to be the State Representative from Guilford and Vernon (Windham-1). Zon is a good and a thoughtful listener. He will carry our concerns up to the State House and address the issues facing our towns. He is committed to addressing issues, such as preserving our environment, investing in education, developing a vibrant rural economy, and seeking solutions to the state's housing crisis. And he will work to find solutions to...

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Arts

Honoring the darkness, unearthing the joy

By
Victoria Chertok
Wednesday, May 15, 2024 — Issue 765

BRATTLEBORO-The Brattleboro School of Dance's annual spring show, "Shadows & Glimmers: An Evening of Dance," will feature more than 50 dancers, ages 6 to 72, who live, work, and attend school in the community. "Evoking themes of shadows, where light and darkness meet, and glimmers, where inescapable joy bursts forth in our everyday lives, this show reflects and transforms our daily experiences, both individually and collectively, into works of art," says Bridget Struthers, in a recent phone call with The...

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