BRATTLEBORO — This is a great story and tribute to Marty Rancourt. I can say I've known him since he was born.
Good luck to him as he opens a new door.
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...
The bulk of the Sept. 4 Selectboard meeting concerned parking, including a discussion that resulted in the board beginning the process to raise parking rates and soundly rejecting a suggestion to begin enforcement on Sundays. Much of the debate centered on safety, with public officials countering the narrative that poor people asking strangers for money in public lots leads to unsafe conditions in the community, including the Transportation Center on Flat Street. A few audience members spoke up about the...
The Tenores de Aterúe is a quartet of four American singers, each with a background in folk polyphony and early music, who perform from the island of Sardinia in Italy “cantu a tenore,” a form of polyphonic singing. On Jan. 19, Tenores de Aterúe will appear for the first time in Brattleboro, when the group performs a concert of cantu a tenòre at 118 Elliot at 7 p.m. “Sardinian cantu a tenòre is a unique style of music which uses...
I was so pleased to see the Rockingham Free Public Library preservation grant announced in The Commons. Emily Zervas, who is moving on to become director of the Putney Public Library, has served our library so well as reference and historical collections librarian. Few people realize all the skills she brought to the RFPL, which she will now take to her new position. In addition to successful grant writing that has dramatically enhanced our historical collection, she has been a...
Mailing address:
P.O. Box 1212, Brattleboro, VT 05302
Physical address:
139 Main St, Suites 601A and 604, Brattleboro, VT 05302
The Commons is published by Vermont Independent Media, Inc., a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization.