After reading Pat Sheehan's letter regarding her uterus and my testicles, here's my response to Pat and all the other pro-aborts out there: Smile! Your moms chose life!
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...
During the Feb. 26 candidates' forum for the Windham Southeast School District (WSESD) board of directors, Moderator Cindy Jerome realized the Dummerston ballot includes an error. There should be direction on each town's ballot to vote for "not more than two" for the three-year seat as Brattleboro representative. It was printed as "not more than one" on the Dummerston ballot. Voters in all WSESD member towns vote on all candidates, whether they represent their specific towns. There are three candidates...
WARDSBORO-I agree, we do need facts. Have you heard of CWD (chronic wasting disease)? It's a fatal neurodegenerative disease that affects deer, elk, and moose. It is prevalent out west but unfortunately making its way towards Vermont, having been spotted in New York and Pennsylvania. And as we know as a fact, it's essential to have a healthy predatory wildlife so they can cull the weak and diseased - and, yes, sometimes Bambi - but we are not here to...
The Guilford Welcome Center on Interstate 91 is hosting an art exhibit by Karen Becker through Wednesday, March 2. Becker, of Brattleboro, says most of the artwork in the exhibit “focuses on [her] love of nature” and features oils, pastels, watercolors, monoprints, and acrylics. She has exhibited her artwork in New York City, Boston, Maine, and Vermont. She received a BFA in graphic design from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, N.Y. During Becker's journey from Brooklyn to the Brattleboro area, she...
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