DUMMERSTON-The controversy over political banners hung inside library windows of the Dummerston School has prompted...
LONDONDERRY-Vermont has a housing crisis - the state needs up to 36,000 new homes by...
BELLOWS FALLS-The Bellows Falls Community Bike Project, active in the village for 11 years, has...
BRATTLEBORO-As described by Adam Grinold, a decade ago, Windham County had the second-oldest population in...
Tense discussion broke out at the April 5 Selectboard meeting over - what else? A Vermont Yankee issue. But the proposed letter of concern from an antinuclear group over the fate of the 39-year-old Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee plant - the topic at the center of the conflict - has led to a broader discussion centered on the Selectboard's procedure for selecting agenda items. At issue: if citizens place a non-binding referendum question on the Town Meeting Australian ballot -
It is important that people in Brattleboro and the surrounding area are aware that the Megabus company has a record of funding and promoting a homophobic political agenda in the United Kingdom, where the company originated. Brian Souter, the founder and owner of Megabus in the U.K., personally donated £1 million to uphold Section 28 (known as Clause 2A in Scotland, where Souter is from) laws, which forbade local authorities in the U.K. from “intentionally promoting homosexuality.” This clause/section was...
Vermont Performance Lab (VPL) has been awarded a $50,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), and is excitedly putting out a call for help to meet a required $50,000 in matching funds. According to Sara Coffey, VPL's founder and director, VPL is one of 919 nonprofit organizations nationwide to receive an NEA Art Works grant this year. She told The Commons the award will support six artist residencies for the organization's 2015 season. VPL describes itself as...
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