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Voices

Warming

By
Byron Stookey
Tuesday, July 25, 2023 — Issue 724

BRATTLEBORO — Shut off air conditioning in all government offices in the 10 most offending countries*.

Voices

With the right support, refugees in rural Vermont can thrive

By
Pablo Bose and Thomas Huddleston

Pablo Bose is a professor in the Department of Geography and Geosciences at the University...

Representative Town Meeting works for a town the size of Brattleboro

By
Rebecca Bartlett

BRATTLEBORO-I have lived and voted in Brattleboro for 45 years, and I am writing about...

The wonder of paradox

By
Meg Mott

Meg Mott is professor emerita of Marlboro College and Emerson College and describes herself as...

Editing words about war, and our great divide

By
Jeff Potter

Jeff Potter has edited The Commons since 2008 and has been working in and around...

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News

'We all owe her'

By
Patrick Crowley
Wednesday, July 12, 2023 — Issue 722

In the parking lot outside her store Tuesday, Beverly Jelley was taking inventory. Holding a yellow legal notebook, she kept a list of food items - some waterlogged - that volunteers were taking from her store and bringing outside. After the food was accounted for, it was thrown into a dumpster. Jelley's is a neighborhood staple, a deli and liquor store that also serves as a de facto community meeting place, according to town resident Salina Cobb. Jelley herself is...

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Voices

Education bill deserves pushback from an activated public

By
Chris Webb
Tuesday, July 8, 2025 — Issue 822

BROOKLINE-I hope this piece will show people why popular pushback against a hurried, poorly-thought-out educational "reform" bill is so needed. The bill passed with a tripartisan legion racing Gov. Phil Scott to see who can be the lead lemming leaping off the cliff. For folks in rural districts like mine, the request for years has been to strengthen our schools, to recognize our value, to meet us where we are. Instead, the writing is on the wall that our interests...

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Arts

Artful Ice Shanties return to Retreat Farm

Tuesday, February 18, 2025 — Issue 803

BRATTLEBORO-Artists, winter enthusiasts, and builders of all ages and experience levels have been working for weeks in garages, workshops, and backyards to design and build their entries for "Artful Ice Shanties." The Brattleboro Museum & Art Center (BMAC) and Retreat Farm invite the public to see the results of this creative labor during the annual outdoor exhibit through Feb. 23 at Retreat Farm. Now in its fifth year, "Artful Ice Shanties" has become a signature Vermont event celebrating artistic talent,

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