Kris Pavek, a 71-year-old retired midwife and photographer, has often stayed in Brattleboro in summer...
Details about the event appear in a news story this issue. BRATTLEBORO-On June 14, Flag...
BENNINGTON, VERMONT / ZIKHRON YAAKOV, ISRAEL-The Shalom Alliance is working to advance the cause of...
BRATTLEBORO-The Commons has recently published a number of commentaries and letters to the editor regarding...
After 31 years of teaching math at Leland & Gray Union High School , mostly to seventh- and eighth-graders, Margaret Carusona, 51, retired this past June. Although she enjoyed teaching algebra to seniors, her hands-down favorites were the eighth-graders. “They're not quite high-school students - none of that 'don't-tell-me-what-to-do.' They have this ability to learn,” Carusona said. “You can see that and you can pull them through. It's incredible - you can see it in their eyes. That's what gets...
On behalf of the people who enjoyed “Gathering in Gratitude 2012: The Source,” a benefit for Project Feed the Thousands produced by Mahalo Art Center on Nov. 17 at the Latchis Theatre, we offer greatest thanks to Kiwell Law, New Chapter, and Staples, our main sponsors. We also send gratitude to all the people and businesses who have given their time, services, products, or money to support the work of Mahalo Art Center this summer and fall of 2012. Your...
The Vermont Theatre Company will be holding auditions for the hit musical The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, with music and lyrics by William Finn and book by Rachel Sheinkin, on Monday, March 6, at 6:30 p.m., in the Brattleboro Union High School auditorium, 131 Fairground Rd. (enter from the front doors to the auditorium). Spelling Bee tells the story of an eclectic group of six youngsters (overseen by grown-ups who barely managed to escape childhood themselves) who vie...
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