BRATTLEBORO — Shela Linton has always been awesome for Brattleboro. She wants to empower other people.
In light of this kind of commitment, activism becomes clear as humanitarianism.
Hannah Sorila is a writer and community organizer who aims to align intention and impact...
GUILFORD-So Trump has been elected - again. If last time was bad, this time will...
The writers note that they originally sent this letter to their congregation. "We offer it...
WESTMINSTER WEST-Thank you to David Brooks for clearly saying in his Nov. 8 New York...
Vermont has long made protecting its citizens' privacy a priority, with the state offering multiple exemptions to its public records law to shield personal information from the public domain. During his successful bid for attorney general, William Sorrell told The Commons that he supported certain public records exemptions around arrest reports because he felt it crucial to protect the suspects' privacy and reputations in case they were later deemed innocent. “I think sometimes in Vermont we like to think we're...
You have no right to “[know] just who has a gun in public.” Your hoplophobia does not get to restrict my rights. Odds are good that you walk right by several people a day who are concealed-carrying and who are safer for it. Concealed carry makes most people more comfortable as they don't have to see the scary “death machines.” All that being said, I must say this is one of the most ignorant and unrealistic things I have ever...
Brattleboro Music Center's groundbreaking on Guilford Street started with a fanfare and ended with a group photograph. Between musical interludes, Johann Sebastian Bach acted as master of ceremonies. The music center turns 40 this year, and its trustees and staff have labored on and off for about 20 years to find a new classroom and performance facility. Earlier this year, the organization announced its purchase of the former Winston Prouty Center building off Guilford Street. The Prouty Center moved its...
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