BRATTLEBORO — RE: “V-Why?” [Letters, Sept. 25].
Why do the vast majority of anti-Vermont Yankee protesters emanate from outside Vermont?
BRATTLEBORO-Peter Adair's essay is the best piece of writing I have seen in The Commons:
FLORENCE, MASS.-I just read with shock and awe, or just plain enthusiasm, a couple of...
Kris Pavek, a 71-year-old retired midwife and photographer, has often stayed in Brattleboro in summer...
BRATTLEBORO-I have driven down Canal Street in Brattleboro and had a bicycle come flying by...
The three Selectboard candidates vying for two open one-year seats greeted the public last week. On Feb. 11, WKVT and Brattleboro Community Television hosted one forum for the candidates, who followed that appearance with a second forum at the Brattleboro Citizens' Breakfast the next morning. Former board member Richard “Dick” DeGray, incumbent David Gartenstein, and newcomer Avery Schwenk answered questions about how, if elected to the board, they would approach economic development, homelessness, and the Police-Fire Project. DeGray and Gartenstein...
In 1940, Alice Duer Miller wrote a beautiful epic poem, The White Cliffs. An American who had married a British man just prior to World War I, she soon lost her husband, who was serving a country that wasn't hers. As she penned the poem, she faced the possibility of losing her son to World War II - again, for a country not her own. Yet, her last poetic lines are these: “I am American bred. I have seen much...
Backed up by a professional rock band, Rock Voices - the area's only community rock choir - will perform music from the '80s: Michael Jackson, Madonna, Billy Joel, Eurythmics, Men At Work, Cyndi Lauper, U2, Miami Sound Machine, Wham!, Toto, Prince, Culture Club, and more. The 100-plus voice choir will be joined by a band featuring local legend Ross Bellenoit on guitar and also a horn section, according to a news release. The concert will take place at Brattleboro Union...
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