Where did FairPoint ever say that it would cut pay by one-third?
What a dumb letter. Get the facts straight before writing, please.
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...
Hi, everybody! Unless a freak outlier winter storm forms this month or early next, I do believe we are heading fully into spring. Let's all collectively say goodbye to the Winter of 2016-17 which, despite a couple of prolonged warm periods, proved to be solid in terms of snow and ice accumulations. As for the week ahead, we've got more fair weather than inclement weather on the way, but the Thursday into Friday timeframe looks quite wet with a strong...
There are many troubling forces at play in our current zeitgeist and politics that are demanding the attention of our president and legislators. Keeping tabs on current events and the status of our sociopolitical machine is dizzying. But the problem of climate change - the future of our planet - is the backdrop and integral piece to much of the inequities and catastrophes we are facing and witnessing. Though politically it can seem as though climate change is a partisan...
Some of the world's most noted and most promising young musicians have gathered at the hilltop campus of Marlboro College for the opening of the 64th season of the Marlboro Music School & Festival. The unique Vermont summer community which The New Yorker once described as “the classical world's most coveted retreat” will share the discoveries of its 75 resident artists on five concert weekends from July 19 through Aug. 17. Performances are on Saturdays at 8:30 p.m. and Sundays...
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