BELLOWS FALLS — Please cease all quoting of Deb Wright. She is simply a nuisance. Amplifying her rants does not help, in any sense. She should have no spotlight.
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...
With a unanimous vote of the Selectboard and after a week of often-emotional discussion and debate, the town has ended a 56-year relationship with Rescue Inc. when its contract expires at the end of June. After nearly three hours of discussion and debate, the Selectboard voted 5-0 on April 19 to authorize Town Manager Yoshi Manale to enter into a one-year contract for $75,000 with Golden Cross Ambulance of Claremont, N.H. The plan calls for Golden Cross to assist the...
One of the common misconceptions about nuclear power plants is that once they are “shut down,” the work in ensuring safer conditions on the site is over. In fact, that is not true. The decommissioning process - now in progress at Vermont Yankee - is often the most dangerous time in the life cycle of a plant, as the staff overseeing operations has been drastically reduced. The terms of the decommissioning are critical in ensuring the safest outcome. Public officials...
One floor below street level in a former shoe warehouse at 139 Main St., the Hooker-Dunham Theater & Gallery will have a new director this month. Hooker-Dunham's current manager, Barry Stockwell, is stepping down this month after having run the center for arts, culture, and public gatherings since 2007. He hands the reins to Jon Mack, who affectionately calls the space “the theater in the cave.” “With shakes of hands and the blessing of the building's owner, I will be...
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