Isn't Martha M Moravec's writing awesome? Martha and I have been online friends for the past few years, and I'm excited to see her book become a reality.
Bravo!
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...
Kevin O'Connor remembers taking in the Fourth of July fireworks show at Living Memorial Park as a child with his family. “It was magical,” the journalist and member of the By the People: Brattleboro Goes Fourth citizens committee said, recalling the bursts of color in the night sky. This year marks Brattleboro's 41st annual Independence Day celebration. Yet for O'Connor, the committee, and the community, a sea change accompanies this year's July 4 festivities: For the first time, the committee...
I began teaching my first new class in person on July 13 - four months after the last class I taught in person before the college where I work went entirely online for the rest of the semester. The need to reopen schools and colleges is a real problem in a time when the COVID-19 pandemic shows signs of exploding in the United States rather than receding. It is a problem playing out across the nation. A recent article in...
Suzanne d'Corsey and Charles Butterfield will read from their newly published works on Sunday, Oct. 25, at 7 p.m., at All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church in West Brattleboro. The authors will autograph purchased books during refreshments following the reading. The event is free and open to the public. D'Corsey's novel, The Bonnie Road, is set in Scotland at St. Andrews. D'Corsey transposes the old ways of Scotland into the 20th century and discusses the ancient traditions and beliefs that still...
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