BELLOWS FALLS — Bellows Falls has an embarrassment of riches when it comes to art and culture, and I'm proud to be a small part of that.
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...
When Tom Moffitt was putting together a business plan for Ehrmann Commonwealth Dairy, his oft-repeated goal was to hire 40 employees within five years. He recalls that there were “quite a few disbelieving faces.” A little over five and a half years since the Brattleboro plant opened, Commonwealth now employs 150 in Vermont. And on Dec. 14, Moffitt announced yet another expansion of a facility that produces large quantities of the popular Green Mountain Creamery yogurt brand. The $20 million...
The Vermont Jazz Center will begin its 10-week long semester of spring/winter educational programs. Most classes will begin the week of Feb. 8. Sessions are 10 weeks long (except for Youth Jazz which is 8 weeks). Starting dates are listed below. Fees are $250 for 10 week semesters, except for Latin Jazz which is $200 and Youth Jazz which is $100. Call for scholarship/work study options. The semester will culminate in a concert with a short set performed by each...
PUTNEY-What's to come? Fascist movements require a constant din of vitriol, paranoia, and a long list of enemies to justify extreme measures, which include dehumanization and eventually violence. Stephen Miller will round people up and put them in cages and camps. Elon Musk has promised economic hardship for the majority of the American people who will come under his thumb. Steve Bannon has promised to dismantle the government and replace knowledgeable people with ideological drones. This is an old Republican...
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