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...
After years of waiting, a new commuter rail line linking Springfield, Mass., and New Haven, Conn., began service on June 16, with trains between the two cities running about every 45 minutes. By next year, two of the 17 daily trains traveling on that 62-mile rail corridor will be traveling north to Greenfield, Mass., bringing more travel options to Brattleboro-area residents. Speaking at a news conference at Springfield's newly-renovated Union Station on June 12, Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker said the...
Another massacre, another time to not talk about gun control. At least, that's what the National Rifle Association and other gun lobbies always say. Why talk about gun control while it is on everyone's mind and the direct consequences of having lax laws about guns are so obvious? “Guns don't kill people,” they tell us. “People kill people.” OK, then, let's only let guns own guns and restrict people, who seem to be putting us in danger. I'm not against...
If you find yourself appreciating the austere beauty of Vermont's mountains and valleys in this pseudo-winter, but are desperate for spring color, search no more. There is color and form to spare in Myles Danaher's new collection of landscape paintings at the Dianich Gallery in the Hooker Dunham Building. The exhibit will open with an artist's reception on Friday, March 4, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Curated by Catherine Dianich Gruver with Dan Sherry, the paintings, representing “a little over...
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