BRATTLEBORO-In Brattleboro, a significant amount of public discourse happens online. While social media can be...
GREENFIELD, MASS.-When I saw the cover of The Commons, I decided to look over this...
BRATTLEBORO-The Brattleboro Area Interfaith Youth Group went off to Asheville, North Carolina! The multicultural group...
NORTHFIELD, MASS.-There are so many hysterical writers to this paper that it's difficult to focus...
Richard (Dick) DeGray arrived here over 40 years ago as a contractor for the former Vermont Yankee Power Plant in Vernon. “I'm retired,” says DeGray with a laugh, “except I'm not retired at all.” There is good reason for his contradictory statement. DeGray volunteers his time, to the tune of 40 hours a week, as the person in charge of the flowers planted all over town in hanging baskets, boxes, hayracks, and the large planters he describes as “coffins.” DeGray...
I am not a criminal, nor are any of my fellow citizens, however they may or may not react to the treatment of asylum seekers at our southern border by federal agents. Dan DeWalt would have us think otherwise. Mr. DeWalt aptly draws attention to certain horrific policies and their implementation by the Donald and his administration. But he is out of line in transferring guilt for those crimes to the rest of us. In his own words, “It is...
The Atrium Hallway Gallery in the Brooks House, 130 Main St., has a fresh new look for spring, with an exhibit spotlighting the artwork of four members of Brattleboro-West Arts. Titled “New Passage,” the ongoing show's latest offerings demonstrate the diverse talents of BWA members, from Kay Curtis's Swing Dance series of drypoint monoprints to Bobbi Angell's botanicals to Sharon Myers' prints using lingerie to Lesley Heathcote's animal and bird pastels. The exhibit is at the invitation of fellow Brattleboro-West...
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