Little Bread & Puppet state goes up against big nuke and the fed gummit.
What could go wrong?
Tim Kipp, a political activist since the 1960s, is a retired history and political science...
WESTMINSTER-A few days ago, I texted some of my family members to call their representatives...
BRATTLEBORO-There has been an unrelenting assault on our culture and our country since the inauguration...
TOWNSHEND-Several weeks ago, a Peruvian fisherman, stranded in the ocean for months, was miraculously found...
Celebrations over two prominent Main Street buildings this past week marked changes for Brattleboro's downtown and spoke to hopes for increased vitality here. On July 17, the Mesabi Group, LLC, cut the ribbon on its multi-year rehabilitation of the Brooks House, which was heavily damaged by fire in 2011. When completed, the mixed-use building will host retail spaces, restaurants, a combined Community College of Vermont/Vermont Technical College campus, and apartments. On July 22, Building a Better Brattleboro named Strolling of...
Everyone's Books will host a virtual book talk on Friday, April 16 at 6 p.m., featuring Leah McGrath Goodman's biography, Arianna Huffington: Media Visionary and Wellness Evangelist, released this month from Hachette. The biography describes the life and career of Arianna Huffington, chronicling her seven-decade journey from Athens to London, New York, Washington, and California. Goodman, of Brattleboro, will be joined by The Commons' award-winning reporter Olga Peters for the event, described in a news release as “an evening of...
Thank you to our new town moderator, David Gartenstein, for his skill, patience and stamina at Brattleboro's recent Annual Representative Town Meeting. The usual challenges of real time democratic deliberation were combined with both the difficulties of an electronic meeting format and the nearly 12-hour duration of the meeting. David Gartenstein moderated the meeting consistently throughout. As a result, more than 100 Town Meeting representatives from our three districts were able to approve town officers, pass a town budget, and...
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