Membership fees for Brattleboro Time Trade are $60 per year. The wrong amount was reported in the May 14 edition of The Commons.
WINDHAM-Approximately 40 people gathered at the Windham Meeting House on June 17 for "What's Possible,
BRATTLEBORO-Three school districts will begin their summer meals programs, distributing free, weekly meal kits to...
WESTMINSTER-After completing its 25th school year of operation, The Compass School recently and abruptly announced...
BRATTLEBORO-Last week, the Vermont Legislature adjourned after passing a controversial education reform bill that many...
Leland & Gray Union Middle/High School students and parents are poised to begin a five-phase program that will not only underscore the benefits of intentional, substance-free living, but also earn each participating student a free, unrestricted pass to ski or snowboard at Stratton Mountain this winter. The event on Thursday, Sept. 15 features Boston-area speaker Joel Stanton, a former corporate consultant, who'll engage with the school community as a required first step toward the free pass. The core of his...
What are Trump's people thinking? They hang in. And then some. Why? A common explanation is the alienation of blue-collar white men - alienated by movement of jobs overseas, automation's assault on craft pride, weakening of private-sector unions, new status of women in family and workplace, and the shift of non-whites from safe-to-feel-superior-to, to threat to white status. Still, the persistent strength of Trumpism is surprising. What of practical value did his candidacy offer his followers? What did his presidency...
Strolling of the Heifers presents “Love Local,” a week of community valentine-making at the Robert H. Gibson River Garden, a project that kicks off at Gallery Walk on Feb. 7 from 5 to 8 p.m. According to Stroll intern Kristen Fledderjohn, who is organizing the event, participants can stop in, make valentines, “and share some love, particularly with local farms and farmers.” Fledderjohn said the aim is to develop the River Garden as a space “where the community can come...
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