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Voices

Marlboro’s spirit, ideals on display

By
Bart Goodwin
Wednesday, October 3, 2012 — Issue 172

I was sorry to have missed the Marlboro College Graduate School graduation ceremonies. Matt Dunne's speech [“Grounds for optimism,” Primary Source, Sept. 12] was excellent and truly captured the spirit and ideals of Marlboro.

In our fast-paced, super-media-focused lives, I'm afraid that many people miss the importance of personal and social interaction. Kudos to Dunne for stating it so eloquently.

Voices

Fascinating vignettes

By
Cindy Holden

BRATTLEBORO-Peter Adair's essay is the best piece of writing I have seen in The Commons:

Bridges along the Connecticut could be part of a bigger vision

By
Craig Della Penna

FLORENCE, MASS.-I just read with shock and awe, or just plain enthusiasm, a couple of...

I’m a criminal

By
Kris Pavek

Kris Pavek, a 71-year-old retired midwife and photographer, has often stayed in Brattleboro in summer...

No one follows the rules of the road anymore

By
Linda Morse

BRATTLEBORO-I have driven down Canal Street in Brattleboro and had a bicycle come flying by...

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News

Windham County spared worst of major winter storm

By
Randolph T. Holhut and Jeff Potter
Wednesday, January 28, 2015 — Issue 290

If you were expecting a blizzard in Windham County on Tuesday, you were disappointed. If you were hoping that predictions of 1 to 2 feet of snow were just a lot of hot air, you are rejoicing. Windham County was spared the worst of what was a major snowstorm in southern New England. According to forecasters at the National Weather Service office in Albany, N.Y., a combination of a dry air mass over Vermont and a slightly more easterly storm...

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Voices

Eliminating universal school meals program would harm students, local farmers

By
Ellen Graham
Tuesday, February 18, 2025 — Issue 803

BRATTLEBORO-Gov. Phil Scott has proposed eliminating Vermont's successful universal school meals program. As a parent and paraeducator working in the Windham Southeast School District, I see firsthand the importance of offering children meals during the school day. I think it is common sense to most folks that kids need to be properly fed to be able to learn, which is what they are in school to do. It makes very little sense to put obstacles in the way of the...

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Arts

Damaris to perform benefit show for Groundworks

Wednesday, November 11, 2015 — Issue 331

Catch local singer-songwriter Damaris in concert later this week at the Hooker-Dunham Theater, 139 Main St., in a benefit for Groundworks and its seasonal overflow shelter. At the show, Friday, Nov. 13, at 7:30 p.m., Damaris promises to round out crowd favorites with new, original music for voice and harmonium. She'll be joined on stage by fellow singer-songwriter Maggie Bernhard. Theere will also be a collection of donations of non-perishable food items and much-needed blankets, sleeping bags, coats, hats, and...

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