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PUTNEY — Putney Public Library, 55 Main St., presents a miniature sculpture workshop called “Make It Move!” Wednesday, Sept. 16, at 6:30 p.m.
“Explore simple mechanical engineering using art, science, and tinkering,” organizers wrote in a news release, “and see low-tech energy experiments on display.”
Visiting artist Dawn Stetzel will help participants use cork, magnets, wire, and other provided materials to make a small sculptural piece that moves. Tools may include a tiny hand saw, wire clippers, and a sharp ice pick.
The workshop is free and is designed for people older than 16, but kids 11 and up may attend with an adult.
BRATTLEBORO-Under the Maple kicks off a series of fall house concerts with vocal quartet Doozy Jane Sunday, Sept. 13, at 4 p.m. Specializing in songs written by women and queer artists, Doozy Jane is a four-part treble ensemble that’s “rooted in traditions of American harmony singing and swingy, fiddle-driven...
GUILFORD-There is a march in Brattleboro this Saturday, Sept. 12. It calls itself "No Kings." It is not organized or sponsored by Indivisible Brattleboro. There is no national call for a No Kings march at this time. Folks may remember that Indivisible held a few huge, peaceful No Kings...
SPRINGFIELD-A trio of local history experts, working with historical records, personal exploration and, eventually, with archaeology staff and students from Dartmouth College, believe that they may have solved a regional history mystery. That mystery? The exact location of a blockhouse built in 1760 in the first few miles of New Hampshire’s historic Crown Point Road (CPR), near where it crossed the Connecticut River by ferry into Vermont. Local historian Lonnie Lisai, of Westminster, along with fellow historians Annette Spaulding, of...
BRATTLEBORO-The Vermont Jazz Center (VJC), one of many bright stars on the area arts scene, is a bit of a wonder: In a town of 12,000 people, a world-class jazz venue offers 11 major concerts a year and ample learning opportunities year-round for all ages of jazz learners, players, and lovers. The Commons spoke recently with the VJC’s director, Eugene Uman, about the 2026-27 season, which starts this month and runs through June. The shaping of each season, Uman explains,
BRATTLEBORO-Photographer Siobhan Eddy Young and poet David Kent Young will present their latest collection of seasonal nature photos and writing Saturday, Sept. 19, at 6:30 p.m. at ByWay Books & More, 399 Canal St. The collection, titled Sunshine and Shadows, reflects on seasonal changes “from summer sunshine to autumn shadows that precede winter and a return to spring,” organizers said in a news release. The collaborators are a married couple: Siobhan takes pictures of wildlife and seasonal changes near their...
BRATTLEBORO-The Brattleboro Music Center (BMC) will host the ensemble Con Moto as part of its Chamber Music Series Saturday, Sept. 12, at 7:30 p.m. at 72 Blanche Moyse Way. Con Moto, meaning “with motion,” includes a variety of musicians and groupings of instruments and performs a range of repertoire. In this concert, Con Moto appears as a string quartet, with Clara Neubauer and Masha Lakisova on violins, Zoë Martin-Doike on viola, and Judith Serkin playing cello. The ensemble will perform...
Obituaries • John V. Buraczynski, 94, of of Hinsdale, New Hampshire. Died Aug. 31, 2026. at Brattleboro Memorial Hospital. John was born in Brattleboro on Feb. 2, 1932, the son of Anthony and Mary (Antonowicz) Buraczynski. A lifelong resident of Hinsdale, he graduated from Hinsdale High School with the Class of 1951. John went on to proudly serve his country in the Army during the Korean War, serving as a medic. He enlisted in 1952 and was honorably discharged in...
PUTNEY-A troupe of young actors will perform a farcical play, The Family Vacation, Sunday, Sept. 13, at 2 p.m. at Next Stage Arts, 15 Kimball Hill Road South. The Family Vacation is “a fast-moving theatrical romp filled with larger-than-life characters and fantastic physical comedy,” according to a news release. The actors are part of New England Youth Theatre’s Commedia Troupe, a group of middle and high school students who bring theater to schools and other venues throughout the region. The...
BELLOWS FALLS-Michael Hahn Trio and James Graham will perform at a 3 p.m. matinee Sunday, Sept. 13, at listening room Stage 33 Live, 33 Bridge Street. Michael Hahn Trio includes singer and songwriter Hahn, Sid Gulick on guitar and vocals, and John Pheiffer on cello. The band performs a diverse mix of country, rock, blues, and Americana. James Graham started as a songwriter in New York’s anti-folk scene in the early ’90s. His influences include rock, soul, reggae, and punk,
GUILFORD-A Windham County interfaith youth group will host a lunch and information session for prospective members Sunday, Sept. 13, from noon to 3 p.m. at Guilford Community Church, 38 Church Drive. The group is for people ages 14 to 18, and parents and caregivers are encouraged to attend the session. The purpose of the group is to build a multicultural community through friendships, fun, and service, organizers said in a news release. Brian Remer, one of the group's facilitators, described...
-In 2025, the North Country Falcons football team went winless, while the Bellows Falls Terriers beat the Falcons, 50-6, last year on their way to winning the Division III state championship. But the Falcons are not pushovers in 2026. They proved that by taking the Terriers to the limit in the season opener Sept. 4 at Hadley Field before BF finally pulled out a 56-49 victory in a wild, back-and-forth game where defense took a holiday. BF piled up 608...
BRATTLEBORO-I am submitting a comment to the Green Mountain Care Board as a concerned citizen who has lived in Brattleboro for 40 years, run a small business, served on numerous boards, and wants to ensure that the future of our town and state allows for safe births for women from rural areas. I am requesting that the state publish the drive-time analysis by town (with accuracy and allowing for bad weather and frequent road maintenance work), to have Vermont Medicaid...
Cassandra Holloway works as program director for Building a Positive Community, a nonprofit that focuses on substance misuse prevention and youth empowerment. Gavin Rea Holloway (2007-2024) “left a void that will never be filled, and the thoughts of how he has enriched the lives of so many in his world will stay with them always,” his family wrote in his obituary. “His essence, his spirit, his person — every part of him — is carried in all who knew him.”
BRATTLEBORO-Driving to work on the bluebird morning of Sept. 11, 2001, I turned on the car radio to hear that hijacked planes had struck the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York, set the Pentagon afire outside Washington, D.C., and slammed into a seemingly random field in rural Pennsylvania. My first response: What kind of shock jock is trying to re-create the 1938 Martian-invasion broadcast drama “The War of the Worlds”? A quarter-century later, I’m one of...
SOUTH NEWFANE-Trump's crime spree is continuing: an illegal embargo on Cuba leading to severe suffering by the Cuban people (internationally recognized as an act of war), ICE arrests of legal immigrants and citizens continue, the quagmire in Iran, and he is doing his best to take away our voting rights prior to November. There has not been a lot of protest action over the summer. I think that people are concentrating on protecting our elections and supporting candidates who will...
Bill Dunkel is a retired educator. WINDHAM-As the president’s approval ratings have plummeted and some progressive Democrats have won primary elections while supporting Medicare for All, a wealth tax, or other ideas to help struggling Americans, Donald Trump and his advisors are increasingly raising the specter of the socialist bogeyman. They are trying to scare voters into thinking that “left-wing extremists” are taking over the country. Do not be deceived. Rapidly advancing oligarchy, and in Trump’s case kleptocracy, is the...
PUTNEY-Sandglass Theater will launch its 13th Puppets in the Green Mountains (PGM) festival, running Wednesday, Sept. 16 to Sunday, Sept. 20 at various sites in Brattleboro and in Putney. With performance pieces from a span of origins — Denmark, India, Germany, New York, North Carolina, Illinois, and Hawaii — the festival theme is “Endings, Beginnings and the Humanity in Between.” The theme, Festival Director Shoshana Bass says, “arose out of this moment we’re in, where the idea of extinction doesn’t...
MONTPELIER-Vermont’s secretary of state urged voters in this year’s midterm elections not to use the United States Postal Service to return their ballots to town clerks because of growing uncertainty over whether the ballots will be subject to delays, or whether people will appear on a new list of voters President Donald Trump has ordered the USPS to compile. “Don’t plan to return your ballot by mail,” Sarah Copeland Hanzas said in an interview last week with The Deerfield Valley...
TOWNSHEND-I'm writing with a correction for my piece, "Ten miles from where?" [Viewpoint, Sept. 2]. I wrote that the lowest payer in Brattleboro Memorial Hospital's published price file - $4,764 for an ordinary vaginal delivery - was "almost certainly Vermont Medicaid." I hedged it because I couldn't confirm it; the transparency files don't name the payer. Since the piece was published, the Department of Vermont Health Access (DVHA) has answered my records request. Vermont Medicaid pays BMH $5,759.02 for that...
WEST WARDSBORO-We purchased our home in West Wardsboro in 1998. Since then, we have continuously supported the local economy. The folks who plow our driveway, deliver our firewood, and fill our propane tank are local firms and residents. So are our plumber, electrician, and carpenter. The company that built our porch and deck, and the company that installed our new septic system are also local. We support our town library, shop at local stores, and eat at local restaurants. When...
