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...
The Selectboard and Town School Board both got a makeover on Town Meeting Day. In the unofficial results announced by Town Clerk Hilary Francis after the polls closed on March 5, incumbent Selectboard member Tim Wessel moved up from his one-year seat to claim a three-year term on the board. Wessel defeated Ben Coplan, 980–438. Two new people will join the board. In a four-way race for two one-year terms, Elizabeth McLoughlin (1,022 votes) and Daniel Quipp (644) were the...
While Vermont's Universal Recycling Law (Act 148) has encouraged large commercial groceries to “[d]irect extra food of high quality to feed people by donating to food shelves” - a good thing - it should not be forgotten that many retailers have been doing this for years, even before there was a law, simply because it was the right thing to do. As a volunteer at Loaves and Fishes, one of the community kitchens “serving a hot meal to any one...
Bright yellow signs will appear along Vermont's roads this weekend, guiding visitors to the studios of 108 craftspeople and fine artists across Vermont during the fifth annual Vermont Fall Open Studio Weekend tour on Oct. 3 and 4. Presented by the Vermont Crafts Council, Vermont Fall Open Studio Weekend is a statewide celebration of the visual arts and creative process and offers a unique opportunity for visitors to meet a wide variety of artists and craftspeople in their studios. In...
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