PUTNEY — What a great story. It is heartwarming to read a tale of such hard-won redemption of a family history, as well as the hard work and kindness of so many willing organizations and individuals. Great work, Wendy!
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...
BRATTLEBORO-A nonprofit that created housing rapidly and under duress during the pandemic is looking to further develop the 17-acre property with 60 apartments and 10 homes. Preliminary details of the plans come amid criticism of the Windham & Windsor Housing Trust (WWHT) management track record by members of the Selectboard and an admission by WWHT Executive Director Elizabeth Bridgewater that drug use and safety issues at the nonprofit's multiple properties need to be addressed. At the Nov. 19 board meeting,
Mitchell-Giddings Fine Arts, 183 Main St., will host an opening reception for sculptor Bruce Campbell's “Thinking the Cosmos: Kinetic Sculpture” on Saturday, May 12, from 5:30 to 8 p.m., with an Artist Talk scheduled for Saturday, June 9, at 5:30 p.m. Campbell graduated from Syracuse University with a BFA in printmaking and received an MFA from Indiana University. In the early 1970s, he began designing books and manuscripts, and soon began specializing in the design of art museum books and...
BRATTLEBORO-For years, Republican politicians kept up the litany of "Hunter Biden's laptop." It was pure, opportunistic lack of empathy to endlessly attack a vulnerable person recovering from addiction as a distraction from honest policy debate. That his father chose not to collaborate with these heartless Republicans, refusing to allow them to destroy his son as a blood sacrifice, is a tribute to his decency. Steven K-Brooks Brattleboro This letter to the editor was submitted to The Commons. This piece, published...
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