I love the sketch by Karen Becker of the chorus singing. How refreshing it is to have a drawing done on the site of local activities.
Would that The Commons have more illustrations like this one.
Voices
Lasse Jeppesen Schmidt, a native of Denmark, is a former journalist. BRATTLEBORO-I will be frank...
BRATTLEBORO-It was no April Fool's Day Joke. On April 1, five Administration for Children regional...
Moss Kahler has served as recycling coordinator in Brattleboro. BRATTLEBORO-The Selectboard members are facing difficult...
WEST BRATTLEBORO-At no other time since its inception in 1970 has preserving what remains of...
The group grew in numbers as it streamed down the sidewalk from the Municipal Center, down Main Street to Malfunction Junction. Parents held their toddlers by the hands, and a woman carried a sign that read, “Stop Cops.” A young man called “No Peace!” and the group responded “No Justice!” A small boy in a red jacket held a small sign printed in bold lettering: Black lives matter. The Dec. 5 march was the second in as many weeks to...
The Brattleboro Women's Chorus will begin their spring session with open rehearsals the first week of March. To celebrate the 100th anniversary of women's right to vote, the theme of the songs will be of strength, solidarity, and suffrage. Following the Chorus' concerts in May, those who choose to can join an additional performance of several songs at WomenSing100, a singing gathering in honor of women's strength and voting rights to be held in Worcester, Mass., in August. Open rehearsals...
Howard Fairman, a native Vermonter, likes to study official public documents and presentations, research their backgrounds and implications, document what's really happening, then share food for thought with fellow grassroots Vermonters. PUTNEY-What happens when consultants from afar "with decades of experience in large, urban settings," as they claim on their website, offer their professional advice to rural Vermont towns? Putney is an example. Based in Sheridan, Wyoming, AP Triton advised the town in its Fire Department Operations Analysis: "It is...
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