RE: “Having his back” [News, March 13]:
An amazing write up about amazing people. Keep it coming!
Wendy Harrison is one of Windham County's two state senators. BRATTLEBORO-We're talking a lot about...
LEYDEN, MASS.-I was lucky to have been born in Boston in 1947 and never served...
WARDSBORO-I agree, we do need facts. Have you heard of CWD (chronic wasting disease)? It's...
The writer is president of Vermont Friends of Israel. ATHENS-In response to Bert Picard's criticisms...
A Landmark College professor - and longtime contributor to The Commons - pleaded not guilty on Aug. 23 to a charge of first degree aggravated domestic assault with a weapon. MacLean Gander, 65, of Jelly Mill Road in Guilford, was arrested by Vermont State Police on Aug. 22 after authorities received a complaint about him threatening a person known to him with a knife following “escalating abusive behaviors” involving alcohol and drugs, according to a police affidavit. As a general...
Our family recently had to say goodbye to a dear, sweet friend. It was and continues to be heartbreaking, and each one of us is struggling to find ways to cope with the loss. Our 5-year-old chocolate labrador, Wonka Buttercup, died of renal disease. Watching your family dog in the prime of his life rapidly decline to the point where he is unable to eat is terribly sad. And knowing that it was his love of eating and his “dietary...
The Brattleboro Museum & Art Center, Next Stage Arts Project, and the Vermont Women's Fund present “Grit and Grace: The Empowerment of Women at Work in Global Communities,” a talk by National Geographic photographer Alison Wright, on Saturday, March 14, at 7:30 p.m., at Next Stage in Putney. Tickets are $12 in advance ($15 at the door) and may be purchased at brattleboromuseum.org or nextstagearts.org. Wright's talk is presented in conjunction with “Grit and Grace: Women at Work,” an exhibit...
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