RE: “A good session for our lawmakers” [Editorial, May 16]:
A “good session” if you call redistributing other people's money good.
BRATTLEBORO-Big thanks to Joyce Marcel for an excellent article/interview with Becca Balint, and big thanks...
BRATTLEBORO-As I listen to all the reports of what's happening in the Texas Legislature, I...
SAXTONS RIVER-An open letter to Gov. Phil Scott: On Aug. 10, I received an email...
GUILFORD-In the subheading referring to "the 'cruelty' of the budget bill," I understand why you...
At press time, The Commons received unconfirmed results of the annual village election on Tuesday. In the only contested race, which drew three candidates for two two-year trustees' seats, Evelyn Weeks received 163 votes, with 137 voting for incumbent Trustee Colin James. The third candidate, Deborah Wright, received 78 votes. Nancy McAuliffe, who ran unopposed, remains village president for the next year. During Monday night's budget debate, voters rejected a motion to reduce the budget, which might have eliminated most...
Annie Pisgah Searsburg is a birth doula and therapist from Putney/Westminster West, and a doctoral student in the Department of Clinical Psychology at Antioch University New England in Keene. PUTNEY-Last month, I attended an event in Bennington and stayed overnight in a motel. I ran into the couple next door, who were sitting on the bench outside their room as I returned from the event. Eager to spend the night catching up on work and secretly dismayed at having to...
Gallery in the Woods recently announced a transition of leadership and the reopening of its doors at 145 Main St., on Friday, July 2, at 11 a.m., with a celebration at 5 p.m., as part of Downtown Brattleboro's newly revitalized Gallery Walk. The three-floor collection features new work from renowned magical realist David Small for the month of July. Gallery in the Woods was founded in 1994 by Suzanne and Dante Corsano, both accomplished craftspeople who decided in 2001 to...
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