BRATTLEBORO — Aww! After all these years eating at the Chelsea Royal Diner, it's so sweet to know the story. I wish I had known it earlier on! I know where we're going out next!
Beautiful writing, Wendy M. Levy!
MacLean Gander is retired from a long career as a professor and administrator at Landmark...
Deborah Lee Luskin , one of this newspaper's original columnists, blogs at deborahleeluskin.com. WILLIAMSVILLE-I have...
Emily Carris Duncan (ecarrisduncan.com) represents the Windham-6 district (Wilmington, Whitingham, and Halifax) in the Vermont...
Meg Donahue is cofounder and chief creative officer of MamaSezz.com, an online enterprise that works...
BRATTLEBORO-Property taxes will go up about 8% after the Selectboard voted unanimously July 9 to adopt the fiscal year 2025 property tax rate. Their vote was essentially a rubber stamp to pay for what was decided at this year's Representative Town Meeting, the Grand List, and state-mandated education rates, as Finance Director Kim Frost explained. "The good thing is state statute requires that the Selectboard set the rate, but every decision has been made, so that's a good thing," said...
Epsilon Spires, 190 Main St., presents a performance by Isle of Klezbos on Thursday, Aug. 10, from 8 to 10 p.m. The quartet will perform music inspired by Yiddish cinema soundtracks as well as exhibiting source Yiddish film clips. According to a news release, the New York City-based klezmer group "approaches tradition with playful irreverence and deepest respect to create [...] soundtracks for Yiddish films both celebrated and obscure. Their repertoire ranges from rambunctious and exuberantly original fusion to entrancing...
I have known and worked with Kurt Daims for several years. Although I do not always agree with his positions, I know that he is an activist and gets things done. Among the ideas I do agree with: the budget referendum he put before the Selectboard concerning the high cost of the then-proposed new fire station building, the Clean Air Resolution to demand that the Clean Air Act be put in action here, and the resolution to reverse Citizens United.
Mailing address:
P.O. Box 1212, Brattleboro, VT 05302
Physical address:
139 Main St, Suites 601A and 604, Brattleboro, VT 05302
The Commons is published by Vermont Independent Media, Inc., a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization.