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Voices

Thanks for piece on Dalem’s

By
Charles Fish
Wednesday, December 23, 2020 — Issue 593

DUMMERSTON — Many thanks to Ian Diamondstone and The Commons for the fine article on Mrs. Dalem and Dalem's Chalet. Very well done!

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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News

‘Big changes’

By
Joyce Marcel
Tuesday, June 24, 2025 — Issue 821

BRATTLEBORO-Last week, the Vermont Legislature adjourned after passing a controversial education reform bill that many observers both inside and outside the Vermont State House called "drastic," and which Vermont Public called "the single most transformational piece of education legislation passed in Vermont in modern times" if all its provisions are enacted. Republican Gov. Phil Scott, who made the effect of school spending on property taxes a cause célèbre during the last election cycle, approves of the bill and has pledged...

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Voices

Jennifer Jacobs, Brattleboro RTM member (District 7)

By
Jennifer Jacobs
Tuesday, February 25, 2025 — Issue 804

BRATTLEBORO-I am running for re-election in District 7. I have been a Representative Town Meeting (RTM) member for around 10 years. I share this only to provide some context about my experience with RTM. Like many other candidates, I have deep roots in this community. I have lived here nearly my entire life, which has included being a parent and a small-business owner. I have been involved in many local organizations and was one of three people who got Brattleboro...

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Arts

Speaker discusses the cultural history of sneakers

Wednesday, February 24, 2021 — Issue 601

The Brattleboro Museum & Art Center (BMAC) presents “Unboxed: A Cultural History of Sneakers,” an online talk by Elizabeth Semmelhack, on Thursday, Feb. 25, at 7 p.m. This free event is presented in connection with the installation “Andy Yoder: Overboard.” Semmelhack will interlace the history of sneakers with stories of technological innovation, complex cultural politics, and shifting ideas of gender, tracing how these influences transformed sneakers into cultural icons. The creative director and senior curator of the Bata Shoe Museum...

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