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The Windham County Sheriff's Office (WCSO) is attempting to change the way that local law...
HomeShare Vermont, a nonprofit that connects people with extra space in their homes to those...
ROCKINGHAM-Rural gardeners and farmers have long known that the common earthworm (also known as the...
EAST DUMMERSTON-A three-alarm fire on Aug. 16 has destroyed a Windham County agricultural landmark. A...
The only registered Rosie the Riveter Memorial Garden in the state now has a more prominent location at Hetty Green Park, where it honors the memory of Margaret Clapper Tidd, a Rosie who lived in Bellows Falls from the time she graduated from high school until her death in 2019. A brief history and dedication of the Rosie the Riveter Memorial, in its new location at the park on School Street, was given by historian David Deacon on Oct. 14.
BRATTLEBORO-The Commons has recently published a number of commentaries and letters to the editor regarding the sad situation for Palestinians in Gaza. The general tenor of these articles is that Israel and the Israeli Defense Forces are responsible for death and starvation in Gaza and as an apartheid state in the Middle East. This is an outright lie and misconception of historical facts! It comes on the heels of the brutal murder of a beautiful couple, Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah...
BRATTLEBORO-The local music scene is getting even richer since Glenn Alper of Northampton, Massachusetts, bought the River Garden building last summer. The space at 157 Main St., most recently the River Garden Marketplace, has reopened as Marigold, a café, bar, and live music venue. "I see us being kind of a social hub for Brattleboro, the surrounding communities, and the creative community especially," Alper says. "I'm blown away by how much talent there is locally and want to support that...
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