We are so proud of you, Maryalice DeAngelis! Keep up the great work. Your students are blessed to have you.
Enjoy the rest of the summer!
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...
Selectboard members did not back down from their Oct. 25 decision to “reconstitute” the entire Planning Commission just after former commissioners finished the town plan, despite an audience via Zoom of about 50 on Monday, Nov. 22, many of whom questioned the action. Selectboard Chair Richard Wizansky started the “Planning Commission update” portion of the meeting by “sincerely thanking” the now-former commission members for the work they did to develop and approve a new town plan. He also acknowledged the...
I was struck by the cognitive dissonance in two side-by-side articles in the Dec. 6 Voices section. Richard Evers writes of the "savage, horrific, racist vengeance" of Israel dropping U.S.-made-2,000-pound bombs on a hospital and other targets in Gaza. Elayne Clift tries to convince us that the 2024 election is about only one issue: whether the U.S. will survive as a democracy. She praises President Joe Biden's commitment to democracy and his achievements domestically and internationally. Whatever happened to Martin...
Guilford Center Stage has announced open auditions for its spring production of Alice, a musical play directed by Richard Epstein. There will be two sessions of auditions: Saturday, Feb. 9, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., and Tuesday, Feb. 12, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., at the Broad Brook Community Center in Guilford. Alice opens Guilford Center Stage's fifth season, and will be performed April 25-28 at the Community Center, the former Grange hall. The play pays tribute to the...
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