This is to all the anti-Vermont Yankee people: What about the weather station they generously pay for on the two-way radio?
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...
Most people don't get six weeks of summer vacation, but as a member of Congress, U.S. Rep. Becca Balint, D-Vermont, does. Unfortunately for Balint, of Brattleboro, her time away from the Capitol coincided with a major natural disaster in Vermont, four big indictments in four major cities for former president Donald Trump, and a looming budget crisis when she returns to Washington. It was keeping her busy almost around the clock, but she managed to find time last week for...
It starts on an August day, above Flathead Lake in Montana, just a few moments before I head to a wedding. My cell phone rings. I think of turning it off. I'm on vacation. It's a special day. My children are here, my closest friends. Who would I need to talk to? I check to see. A Vermont number. My sister. And so it starts: “Liz? It's Maggie.” “Maggie?” I ask. Her voice is lower than usual. Dark. My heart...
Friends of Music at Guilford, now in its 51st concert season, will present its annual Midwinter Musicale program on Saturday, Feb. 25, at Guilford Community Church, just over a mile from Exit 1 off Interstate 91. The evening will begin with a pre-concert soup supper at 6 p.m., continue at 7 p.m. with a concert featuring the HeartSoulVoice duo from Boston, and be capped by a dessert reception. The pre-concert light supper, included in the $12 admission fee, will offer...
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