PUTNEY — One of the founders of the Tempestry Project at The Putney School is Asy Connelly. Her name appeared incorrectly in the April 19 issue.
WEST CHESTERFIELD, N.H.-This weekend's opening of 2025's Ten Minute Play Festival (TMPF) at Actors Theatre...
BELLOWS FALLS-With a career spanning more than 50 years, Jorma Kaukonen has done it all.
BRATTLEBORO-June is recognized by the Alzheimer's Association as "Alzheimer's and Brain Health Awareness Month" (ABAM)
BRATTLEBORO-Former Vermont Poet Laureate Chard deNiord and former Brooklyn, New York, Poet Laureate D. Nurkse...
TOWNSHEND-As fundraising continues for a new rural health clinic, Olivia Sweetnam has been named the new chief executive officer at Grace Cottage Family Health & Hospital. On July 1, Sweetnam will replace Doug DiVello, who announced plans last December to retire when a replacement was hired. A graduate of Queen's University in Ontario, Canada, with a bachelor of science degree in nursing, Sweetnam received her master of nursing science and master of public health degrees from Yale University. The chief...
I care a lot about global warming, guns, and the rights of women and everyone. But, more than anything, I care about Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. Because, until that court decision is overturned, little legislation will be adopted in this country that serves the common good. Mitt Romney, respected senator from Utah, writes in the current Atlantic that “America Is in Denial.” He deplores our obliviousness to climate change, inflation, and immigration problems. But, as Robert Hubbell's recent...
GennaRose Nethercott will present a creative writing workshop on Sunday, Jan. 21. "Eclipse Folklore as Inspiration" will be held at 1 p.m. at the Broad Brook Community Center in Guilford Center. In this workshop, participants will take a tour through eclipse folklore, myths, and superstitions, and then reimagine these old stories to create new ones. Nethercott is the author of a novel, Thistlefoot, the soon-to-be-published Fifty Beasts to Break Your Heart, and a book-length poem, The Lumberjack's Dove, which was...
Mailing address:
P.O. Box 1212, Brattleboro, VT 05302
Physical address:
139 Main St, Suites 601A and 604, Brattleboro, VT 05302
The Commons is published by Vermont Independent Media, Inc., a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization.