A great project, and one I am happy and honored to be involved in.
Derrik Jordan has found a new way to get visionary musicians' work seen and heard. He is a consummate host who always seems to ask the right questions.
BELLOWS FALLS-Fellow citizens, I write to you with a request founded in feelings of love,
BRATTLEBORO-I've been a supporter of Emilie Kornheiser since she first ran for Legislature. Now, however,
Shelby Brimmer is the owner, with Paul Martocci, of Martocci's Restaurant on Elliot Street in...
DEERFIELD, MASS.-Two years later, Democrats are still furious over Roe v. Wade being overturned. But...
Karen Astley, the town's administrative assistant, will soon move to a new room in the Town Offices. At the Jan. 31 regular Selectboard meeting, the Board appointed Astley to the town manager position, effective March 14. She replaces Chip Stearns, who took the job as interim town manager in early August and recently announced his contract with the town will end in mid-March. Taking the administrative assistant position in October was a strategic move, Astley told The Commons. This past...
Even if you're not able to attend Town Meeting on Tuesday, March 5, it's important for Guilford residents to vote by Australian ballot on the Flood and Fluvial Erosion Hazard ordinance. Absentee ballots are available from the Town Clerk. A no vote lets the ordinance stand as enacted by the Selectboard last November, after nearly two years of research and deliberations. A yes vote overturns the ordinance. Although some regard the ordinance as a burdensome regulation, in fact it protects...
The artwork of Mindy Fisher is on display at Main Street Arts through Feb. 5 in a show she has titled “Ornaglyphology.” An artist reception will be held Thursday, Jan. 16, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Fisher describes her paintings as ornaglyphs, each a spontaneous experiment, with color and shapes colliding. Her surreal, gouache paintings feature a crazy cast of bird-like characters and a hieroglyphic language that is open to interpretation. “The paintings started off as comic panels,” she explained...
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