RE: “Having his back” [News, March 13]:
An amazing write up about amazing people. Keep it coming!
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...
Selectboard Chair Sheila Morse recently told The Commons, “we're looking for a constable - a particularly tough challenge these days with all the requirements - and a dog officer.” Guilford isn't alone. In the last few years, Selectboards in a number of towns in southeast Windham County have struggled to find and keep an animal control officer. Some have contemplated sharing an officer with neighboring towns, but so far the idea has gained little traction. In other parts of the...
Vermonters are capable of choice; they make excellent choices from many thousands of options daily, and they benefit from their ability to select one from multiple alternatives. VPR, Vermont PBS, WCAX, VtDigger.org, and all the rest of the debate hosts have no right to keep candidates from competing and no right to keep the people from altering their government by competing for votes in elections. The aforementioned press outlets say their freedoms of the press allows them to decide who...
Marlboro College presents a talk and discussion by alumni Molly Booth '14 and Jack Rossiter-Munley '12, hosts of a Shakespeare-focused podcast called Party Bard, on Saturday, Oct. 12, at 7 p.m. They will be joined by T. Hunter Wilson, Marlboro writing and literature faculty emeritus, who helped inspire their love of writing and Shakespeare. This event is free and open to the public, and will be held in Marlboro's Whittemore Theater, site of many Shakespeare productions over the years. The...
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