WEST BRATTLEBORO — Beautifully written! It's easy to lose sight of the ones we do help when we focus our hearts on the ones we can't.
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...
In the wee hours of Sept. 21, more than 400 Vermonters will take their seats on buses and in cars bound for New York City. Together with what's expected to be about 1,000 other Vermonters, they intend to send a unified message to world leaders at the United Nations: Climate change is here. The world needs action now. Organizers behind the People's Climate March bill the demonstration as a historic mobilization designed to deliver a definitive message that citizens want...
Hillary Clinton believes in climate change and on her website has a plan similar to Bernie Sanders', which addresses one of the gravest dangers to our well-being as a species. Donald Trump does not believe in climate change and would roll back progress from the past eight years if he gets the chance. That is the reason I will vote for Clinton in November. If we want to ensure the best possible scenario for climate change, I believe we have...
Ceramic artist Stephen Procter will show his monumental sculptural vessels alongside painter Laurie Goodhart's images of ancient vessels and goddess-inspired motifs at a three-day pop-up art show and sale Friday, Aug. 7 through Sunday, Aug. 9. Their work in the show, hosted by Main Street Brattleboro, will be framed by a collection of historical and contemporary Persian rugs curated by Jaja Laughlin of Nomadic Rug Girl. Procter and Goodhart have collaborated on a series of painted vessels. “I love the...
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