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Voices

A joy to read

By
Dave Boliver
Wednesday, January 28, 2015 — Issue 290

WILMINGTON — What a well-written and thoughtful piece. I enjoyed reading it. Thank you, Ann Landenberger!

Voices

With the right support, refugees in rural Vermont can thrive

By
Pablo Bose and Thomas Huddleston

Pablo Bose is a professor in the Department of Geography and Geosciences at the University...

Representative Town Meeting works for a town the size of Brattleboro

By
Rebecca Bartlett

BRATTLEBORO-I have lived and voted in Brattleboro for 45 years, and I am writing about...

The wonder of paradox

By
Meg Mott

Meg Mott is professor emerita of Marlboro College and Emerson College and describes herself as...

Editing words about war, and our great divide

By
Jeff Potter

Jeff Potter has edited The Commons since 2008 and has been working in and around...

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News

Her choice of guest spoke volumes

By
Joyce Marcel
Wednesday, March 1, 2023 — Issue 704

U.S. Rep. Becca Balint, D-Vt., is in a difficult position. On the one hand, she wants to work hard for her constituents, who have serious and pressing needs. On the other hand, she serves in one of the most divisive Houses in history - and she is in the minority party. “It does get demoralizing when I sit in a committee and what is happening on the other side of the aisle is a lot of misinformation and disinformation,” she...

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Voices

State proposes tech that’s untested on humans, wildlife, plants

By
Donald Saaf
Wednesday, January 23, 2019 — Issue 494

The Vermont Department of Public Service recently announced a final draft of a 10-year telecommunications plan for the state. A series of public hearings about the plan were held throughout the state. One more public hearing will take place in Montpelier on a date to be determined. The plan, which includes 5G LTE technology for both urban and rural areas in Vermont, does not address concerns with the ever-growing levels of electro-smog or the lack of safety testing for 5G...

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Arts

‘Music alone shall live’

By
Joyce Marcel
Tuesday, August 27, 2024 — Issue 779

NORTHAMPTON, MASS.-The Iron Horse in Northampton has reopened, but for me it is full of ghosts. In 1994, I got a job as the third-string music reporter for the Springfield Union-News (now The Republican) in Springfield, Massachusetts. At the time - when newspapers walked the earth like gods - it had a circulation of over 100,000 and covered the small city like a glove. It was the biggest job I'd ever had as a reporter up to then, and no...

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