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Landlords respond to a proposal to prohibit advance collection of last month's rent
Jason Cooper, a real estate investor, developer, and property manager, has served as a steering...
Jessica Dolan, Ph.D. (District 8) is a Brattleboro Representative Town Meeting member. BRATTLEBORO-Our predecessors were...
Emilie Kornheiser, Ian Goodnow, and Mollie Burke represent Brattleboro in the Vermont House of Representatives.
SPRINGFIELD-On April 16, during his inaugural speech as secretary of health and human services, Robert...
The Commons will go on holiday break and suspend publication of next week's issue. The next issue of the newspaper will be published and appear online on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. Deadline for submissions of news and advertising is Saturday, Jan. 2. The staff of The Commons and the board of directors of Vermont Independent Media wish readers a safe and happy holiday season.
As noted in this article, extra benefits for food stamps were given during the Covid years, but those benefits are no longer available. The average food stamps per senior is only about $180 a month. The fact is, benefits are exhausted within three weeks depending on if a family is cooking a big meal for the holidays. In Massachusetts, the Healthy Incentives Program offered limited produce to Food Stamps recipients due to the floods this year. Although farmstands do provide...
BRATTLEBORO-The Latchis International Music Series warms up winter with two concerts featuring musicians visiting from Italy. On Friday, Jan. 17, violinist Luca Ciarla performs. On Friday, Jan. 24, the Latchis welcomes Calabrian singer-songwriter Peppe Voltarelli. Each show starts at 7 p.m., and the concerts take place in the Latchis Ballroom Theater. Italian violinist Ciarla performs with a loop pedal, his voice, and a few toy instruments. He performs solo, playing the violin also like a guitar, a cello, or a...
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