I am so sorry to lose Pat Smith. She was the voice of the Reformer for me, and always helpful.
Wilda L. White, Hilary Melton, and Malaika Puffer are founding directors of MadFreedom Advocates, Inc.,
BRATTLEBORO-While it's encouraging that we're finally approaching a more inclusive way of recognizing the voices...
BRATTLEBORO-The results from the Charter Revision Committee's recent poll in Districts 7, 8, and 9...
Peter Adair is the author of the books Sacred Universe and Sacred Earth. WESTMINSTER WEST-Unlikely...
BRATTLEBORO-Vermont Independent Media (VIM), publisher of The Commons, will celebrate its 20th anniversary on Sunday, Oct. 6, from 4 to 6:30 p.m., at the Retreat Farm's North Barn to honor and thank the community that has been integral to its success. VIM was founded in 2004 by citizens who wanted to create a mission-driven organization to understand and educate people in creating their own media - news media in particular - and, eventually, to publish a community newspaper that would...
James Douglas, 60, has been homeless for three years after he left an unhealthy relationship. “I became homeless 'cause I had no place else to go,” he says. “I get a monthly income - Social Security. But that doesn't pay rent.” Douglas, who lives in Brattleboro, was arrested on July 11, at 12:30 a.m. for sleeping in Plaza Park downtown. People who sleep there at night do so because they have no other safe place to go. Now that park...
A survey of Cai Xi's work, which includes her portraits and landscapes of the 1980s, her “Edge” series of the 1990s, the “WuJi (Infinity Within)” series of the past decade, and recent monumental portraits will be on display at the Michael S. Currier Center at The Putney School through Nov. 6. There will be an artist reception on Saturday, Sept. 24, from 4:30 to 6 p.m., at the Currier Center Gallery, according to a news release. Cai was in the...
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