RE: “Having his back” [News, March 13]:
An amazing write up about amazing people. Keep it coming!
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...
Last week, 0.5 percent of registered voters approved a $27.8 million Brattleboro Union High School District #6 budget for fiscal year 2016. Of the 14,174 eligible voters from the district towns of Brattleboro, Vernon, Guilford, Putney, and Dummerston, only 73 voters came to the BUHS gym to pass the budget overwhelmingly on a voice vote on Feb. 10. School board chair Robert Woodworth told the small audience that despite declining enrollments at other schools, the Brattleboro Area Middle School has...
The outrageous overreach of the Supreme Court's decision to overturn multiple laws supported by the vast majority of citizens looks like an early shot across the bow in the coming civil war. This sort of behavior, where the will of the people has no bearing on the Supreme Court majority's decision-making, is the spark that could bring us to war. Considering the possible interference in daily life that a corrupt organization like the current Supreme Court could, and probably will,
Southern Vermont is a rich place for music in the summer. Along with the well-established Marlboro Music and Yellow Barn, a relatively recent festival originating in Jamaica is becoming an eagerly anticipated part of the musical scene. Pikes Falls Chamber Music Festival will celebrate its eighth season with the music of Caroline Shaw, Joan Tower, Robert Schumann, Johannes Brahms, and more. The Grammy-nominated and awarded musicians of PFCM, along with the Pikes Falls Baroque Ensemble and NakedEye Ensemble, will perform...
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