BRATTLEBORO — I have come to view Donald Trump simply as “The Abscess.”
BRATTLEBORO-Since moving to Brattleboro over a year ago, I have learned that there are so...
BRATTLEBORO-The Anti-Defamation League's 2024 Audit of Antisemitic Incidents reports a deeply troubling rise in antisemitism...
DEERFIELD, MASS.-U.S. Rep. Becca Balint claims that President Trump "does not give a damn about...
The writer is a Town Meeting member representing District 8. BRATTLEBORO-As part of Brattleboro's FY26...
There will no heifers strolling down Main Street this June. Strolling of the Heifers Executive Director Lissa Harris announced on April 6 that the organization will not be holding the famed Saturday parade or the rest of the events that were scheduled for the weekend of June 4-7 due to the COVID-19 crisis. “We are heartbroken by the number of food businesses having to shutter their doors, unsure if they will ever reopen,” Harris wrote in a letter to The...
Owing to a variety of circumstances ranging from staff illness to post-midnight computer network gremlins from hell, we are unable to bring you the abundance of letters - including campaign letters and other election content - that we had planned for this issue. Early voting is underway for the Vermont state primary election, which takes place Tuesday, Aug. 11. We will make this campaign-related material available on commonsnews.org through the week and publish it in print in next week's paper.
ArtLords is a global Afghan-led movement to use art for peacebuilding and social transformation. Since last summer's takeover of Afghanistan by the Taliban, ArtLords' 50 artists have fled the country and have been in hiding, scattered around the world. Five ArtLords who have found refuge in Vermont - Marwa, Negina, Meetra, Zuhra, and Abdul - will work with tape artists Leah Smith and Michael Townshend to create a series of 20 temporary murals around Brattleboro, starting this week, to honor...
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