SAXTONS RIVER — RE: “Former library director envisions lawsuit” [News, Sept. 25]:
It's about time someone revealed the truth. Thank you for your reporting on this very serious injustice.
Charles F. Monette is a poet, teacher, playwright, artist, actor, builder, and U.S. Army veteran.
Lachlan Francis chairs the Windham County Democratic Committee. WESTMINSTER-Democrats in the state Legislature scored some...
Fric Spruyt represents District 9 in Brattleboro's Representative Town Meeting. BRATTLEBORO-At the July 8 Brattleboro...
Jim Freedman is a leadership consultant and the author of Becoming a Leader: Identity, Influence,
Vermont Bread Company and Koffee Kup Bakery abruptly shut their doors on April 26 and laid off hundreds of workers in Brattleboro and Burlington. According to the Vermont Department of Labor, 156 workers lost their jobs at Koffee Kup's Riverside Avenue bakery in Burlington, and 91 workers lost their jobs at Vermont Bread's bakery on Cotton Mill Hill in Brattleboro. Employees did not have advance warning. Workers who showed up on April 26 were greeted with a closure notice on...
For four decades, schools and schoolchildren in Windham County benefited from having a major electric power producer, Vermont Yankee, right in their own backyard. Despite the plant's closure, it is encouraging to see that, via the Vermont Clean Energy Development Fund (VCEDF), the plant's owner continues to deliver benefits to the local community. Fortunately for local schools and for Vermont's forestry and renewable-power economy, a multi-million-dollar commitment by Vermont Yankee to the VCEDF has helped fund the installation of new...
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, education at all levels is in flux. In response, Epsilon Spires is sponsoring a film series focused on radical pedagogy. A communications center that seeks social impact through art and science, Epsilon Spires is hosting the series on alternative education models “to encourage discourse towards positive change.” “In our current times,” said Jamie Mohr, creative director, “when the instability and inequity of the systems and structures in place have become so apparent, and with children...
Mailing address:
P.O. Box 1212, Brattleboro, VT 05302
Physical address:
139 Main St, Suites 601A and 604, Brattleboro, VT 05302
The Commons is published by Vermont Independent Media, Inc., a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization.