I thought Vermont had more sense than this. We, the people of the 17 towns of southern New Hampshire, have fought the Kinder Morgan pipeline and do not want it in our state.
What is wrong with the so-called “green state”?
Rick Holmes, of Marlboro, is a retired newspaper editor and columnist. MARLBORO-Ho Chi Minh City,
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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...
BRATTLEBORO-Building connection, sharing stories, and finding inspiration: such was the atmosphere at the Vermont Womenpreneurs Brattleboro Showcase on March 27. During the evening, which marked the first time that the member-based organization in Burlington brought the event to southern Vermont, six women business owners spoke to an audience of 75 women and five men, reflecting on their respective businesses, origins, and most important lessons from their journeys. Mieko Ozeki is co-founder of Vermont Womenpreneurs and owns Radiance Studios, a content...
On Wednesday, Nov. 14, at 7 p.m., Next Stage will celebrate the six-month anniversary of its Fables Storytelling series with a cash-prize Story Slam. Fables is held on the second Wednesday of each month at the Next Stage Café in Putney. Fables is hosted and curated by Peter “Fish” Case, who has been telling stories and entertaining Windham, Cheshire, and Franklin counties as a radio personality for more than two decades. There will be food and a beer and wine...
I am grateful that The Commons published Olga Peters' article informing our community about Vermonters' longstanding opposition to school consolidation, especially the forced consolidation being ordered by the State Board of Education in towns like ours where voters overwhelmingly rejected it. I am concerned that the quotes of mine that were chosen for the article might lead someone to think that my confidence in the teachers and staff in our community schools means I believe centralization will not harm our...
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