RE: “Can a bicycle replace the family car?” [News, Nov. 7]:
A spot of inspiring news! If people in Vermont can ride bikes even in the winter, we certainly can here in California!
Mary McCallum used to contribute regularly to the commentary series that used to air on...
Timothy Belknap describes himself as a "downtown resident and Brattleboro lover." BRATTLEBORO-The yes vote to...
WEST TOWNSHEND-When I learned, as a girl, about the lead-up to Kristallnacht, I had thought...
BRATTLEBORO-The headline made me curious enough to read this one person's opinion of a local...
The eviction last week by police in Hinsdale, N.H. of three homeless campers from an island in the Connecticut River casts a spotlight on the question of what homeless people in the region do once the seasonal overnight shelter closes in April. Hinsdale Police Chief Todd A. Faulkner told The Commons that the property, owned by the state of New Hampshire, had been posted to prohibit camping last year but that the signs had been ripped down. He said that...
I attended the Brattleboro Union High School student walkout on March 14 to support my daughter and her classmates in protesting the lack of reasonable gun laws in our country. Because of my distress over the lives lost everyday to gun violence, and specifically the growing threat of a shooting in our schools, I chose to carry a U.S. flag upside down. I have spent half my life working on the ocean, where it is well known that flying a...
Vermont director Jay Craven's new film “Northern Borders” will have its world premiere on Wednesday, April 10, at 7 p.m, at the Latchis Theatre in Brattleboro. “Latchis Theater will be a genuine world premiere,” says Craven. “No one has seen the finished film yet, and I am eager to find out how it plays in front of an audience.” Craven says he believes that facing an audience is the final stage of interaction in the collaborative process of filmmaking. “In...
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