BRATTLEBORO — I am very sorry this happened, I really am. Nick Widomski sounds like a really remarkable young man.
But one does not just “find oneself” in the path of an oncoming train. There was a sidewalk going in the same direction not many yards away from the train bridge.
Please, everyone, do not play on the tracks or use them for a shortcut.
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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...
The appearance of a Nazi flag flying in front of a private residence in the center of town has prompted the Selectboard to issue a statement condemning the act. After residents and concerned people from neighboring towns brought the matter before the Selectboard at its Oct. 12 meeting, Chair Sherwood Lake Jr. wrote in an Oct. 21 email to The Commons that “a commitment was made by the board to address the concerns presented in the situation and hate-based behavior...
To this day, bologna always reminds me of the smell of rotting death. My sister, Linda, always ate what was in her lunch box, including her sandwich. I, on the other hand, would skip the sandwich and just eat the snacks and drink the tepid milk box. Ah, but what to do with the offensive sandwich? I remember the time I stuffed my sandwich deep into the toy box on the porch, away from prying eyes, covertly and in a...
The BUHS Players present “Web of Murder,” a gripping murder mystery by Jonathan Troy, on Friday, Oct. 11 and Saturday, Oct. 12, at 7 p.m. in the Brattleboro Union High School Auditorium. Set in a brooding Victorian manse on a remote bluff above the Pacific, the play centers on the wealthy and eccentric Minerva Osterman (Kyra Johnston), who has convened her potential heirs for an advance reading of her will. Confined to a wheelchair for many years, the ailing and...
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