Congrats to Michael Obuchowski! I wish I could have been there at the Windham County Democrats' Obie Awards. Keep swinging!
Rick Holmes, of Marlboro, is a retired newspaper editor and columnist. MARLBORO-Ho Chi Minh City,
BRATTLEBORO-In Brattleboro, a significant amount of public discourse happens online. While social media can be...
GREENFIELD, MASS.-When I saw the cover of The Commons, I decided to look over this...
BRATTLEBORO-The Brattleboro Area Interfaith Youth Group went off to Asheville, North Carolina! The multicultural group...
Representative Town Meeting (RTM) voters on March 25 approved a $20.5 million operating budget for fiscal year 2024 after increasing the bottom line by $350,000. Members were also clear in wanting more transparency and participation in how the town's remaining $2.7 million federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) money is used as well as how town emergency medical services are contracted. The approved budget is about an 8.1% increase to this year's operating budget. Due to use of unassigned fund...
The In-Sight Photography Project will host a juried exhibition that is open to all photographic mediums and styles. The deadline for submissions is March 17 and the juror's selections will be announced on April 3. Those selected will have their work displayed in the Tiny Gallery and on the nonprofit's online gallery. All proceeds from the entry fees ($10 for a single image, plus $5 for each additional image) will benefit the organization, which offers photography classes to those between...
The surge in crime was supposed to be the Republicans' ticket to a landslide in the 2022 midterms. For a variety of reasons - mainly, the general awfulness of the Republicans running for office - this challenging issue that generally works for the right wing did not come through for them. It may also be due to the fact that the primary Republican solution to crime - lock away all Black men - is cruel, racist, and, of course, ineffective.
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