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The calendar says spring started on March 20. But tell that to the Thurber family...
BELLOWS FALLS-Happy Spring! Shh, the snow has gone. I am saying this quietly, lest I...
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BRATTLEBORO-It's here: the season of good cheer. With days and nights filled with holiday-themed office...
NEWFANE-Rev. Matthew Deen, settled pastor at Newfane Congregational Church, has been ordained by the Windham-Union Association of the Vermont Conference of the United Church of Christ (UCC). Deen has been the licensed pastor here since 2022. His installation took place on Sunday, May 26. On Sunday, June 30, parishioners will celebrate the church's 250th anniversary with an outdoor service and celebration on Newfane Hill - or Fane Hill, as it was called on June 30, 1774, the date the congregation...
Owing to a production error, the print edition of last week's Commons omitted the byline and author information for "We can break the car's cultural grip," a piece written by Rebecca Jones of Brattleboro. Jones is a physician practicing in Brattleboro and a member of 350 Brattleboro, a local volunteer group dedicated to climate justice. To be clear, this was squarely my mistake. The online version of the piece was properly attributed. * * * On a related note: As...
Surprising word histories, regional dialects, ancient linguistic roots, and modern slang are explored with Martha Barnette, co-host of public radio's popular A Way with Words in the main reading room of Brooks Memorial Library, 224 Main St., on Wednesday, Oct. 4, at 7 p.m. The show about words and how we use them - including word and phrase origins, writing well, books and reading, and that weird thing Grandma used to say - is heard each week by listeners of...
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