BRATTLEBORO-We are living in a moment of deep crisis for our democracy. Billionaires and political...
WESTMINSTER-A few days ago, I texted some of my family members to call their representatives...
BRATTLEBORO-There has been an unrelenting assault on our culture and our country since the inauguration...
TOWNSHEND-Several weeks ago, a Peruvian fisherman, stranded in the ocean for months, was miraculously found...
Ethan Tucker, local actor and screenwriter, recently added to his résumé vice president of marketing, and interim president, of Zero Pollution Motors, a New Paltz, N.Y.-based company whose efforts are directed toward getting a new type of transportation - the AIRPod - on American streets. The purpose of the AIRPod is to reduce the two scourges of urban congestion coming from automobiles: smog and gridlock. The AIRPod is a vehicle than runs on compressed air. As the Zero Pollution Motors...
A wave of legislation being proposed by states in our country intentionally discriminates against and harms transgender people. For thousands of years, indigenous people, including our own Native Americans, recognized “two-spirit” people as possessing special gifts. They were honored, not bashed and feared. How did we regress from this thoughtful and decent way of treating people who are unique? Now, this fear has impacted sports. Regardless of gender identity, there has always been a vast difference between individuals and their...
Putney Public Library and Alchemy Arts, a new community art space, are teaming up to offer a series of youth programs for Chinese New Year. Come bring in Year of The Sheep with creative, fun, and free events that will take place or start at Putney Public Library, at 55 Main St. Children ages 8 and younger are welcome with the company of an adult. Older children can come unaccompanied. • Wednesday, Feb. 25, 3:30 p.m.: “How the Rooster Lost...
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.