Mary McCallum used to contribute regularly to the commentary series that used to air on...
Timothy Belknap describes himself as a "downtown resident and Brattleboro lover." BRATTLEBORO-The yes vote to...
WEST TOWNSHEND-When I learned, as a girl, about the lead-up to Kristallnacht, I had thought...
BRATTLEBORO-The headline made me curious enough to read this one person's opinion of a local...
The Bellows Falls Police Department has arrested five people for drug violations involving mephredrone - “bath salts” - since May, a full 21 percent of the number of heroin arrests during the same period. “That's a trend,” said Detective Lt. Shane Harris. But that trend is not reflected statewide. John Merrigan, a former Southern Vermont Drug Task Force lieutenant who commands the Vermont State Police Narcotics Unit, said this trend in Bellows Falls does not reflect bath salts drug abuse...
On behalf of the board of directors at the Brattleboro Ski Hill, we would like to acknowledge the death of Timothy Barbour of Brattleboro and express our tremendous condolences to his family. This untimely death has shaken our community deeply. Our thoughts are with the family as they mourn the loss of someone they love. With heavy hearts, This Voices Letters from readers was submitted to The Commons.
Gordon Hayward will give an illustrated talk at Next Stage Arts on Sunday, Jan. 29, at 4 p.m. on the design elements shared by the painter and garden designer. This talk comes out of Hayward’s 2008 book Art and the Gardener (Gibbs Smith). According to a news release, juxtaposing an image on the large screen of a classic fine painting next to a garden image, Hayward “will explore a variety of elements of composition: straight lines versus curved lines in...
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