YOUR AWARD WINNING, INDEPENDENT, NONPROFIT SOURCE OF NEWS AND VIEWS
✕
YOUR AWARD WINNING, INDEPENDENT, NONPROFIT SOURCE OF NEWS AND VIEWS
✕

Dummerston briefs

Wednesday, October 19, 2016 — Issue 379

Tucker Reed Road bridge open

DUMMERSTON — DUMMERSTON - Town Clerk Laurie Frechette confirmed the reopening of the Tucker Reed Road bridge.

Town officials closed the bridge to all traffic May 13 after a resident reported its north abutment fell into the brook.

After a bidding process, the Board awarded the project to A.S. Clark & Sons, with the requirement the work be complete by October 1.

Frechette told The Commons the bridge was opened “late in the afternoon” on Sept. 30.

Subscribe to the newsletter for weekly updates

Other Great Stories in The Commons

News

Service honors ‘sacredness and vulnerability of the season’

By
Kevin O'Connor
Wednesday, December 18, 2019 — Issue 541

Loudspeakers seemingly everywhere are shouting “All is Merry and Bright.” Except if you're grieving a death. Or divorce. Or job loss, health challenge, hunger, homelessness, or separation from a loved one. “There's all sorts of sadness,” Devin Starlanyl says. The member and lay minister at Brattleboro's St. Michael's Episcopal Church knows that seasonal tunes declaring “It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year” don't comfort those feeling otherwise. That's why she and her peers are organizing a “Longest Night” service...

Read More

Voices

Wilmington: Act on flood measures before it’s too late

By
Julie Moore
Wednesday, January 3, 2024 — Issue 746

What will it take before the state decides that the benefits of cleaning out the rivers will outweigh the damage that flooding every 5{1/2} months causes? Also, how about the state/town taking the opportunity to purchase Wheeler Field (across from the bowling alley) while it's for sale to help with water levels? With the 100-year floods turning into less-than-six-months floods, maybe it's time to act before it's too late. Julie Moore Wilmington This letter to the editor was submitted to...

Read More

Arts

Next Stage Arts Project hires new executive director

Wednesday, December 18, 2019 — Issue 541

Next Stage Arts Project announced it has hired Keith Marks to be the next Executive Director following a nationwide search. He will assume leadership of the nonprofit in January. Marks is the second executive director for Next Stage, which celebrates its 10th birthday in 2020. Marks will move from Jacksonville, Fla., where he founded Avant, a nonprofit organization dedicated to enriching community through the power of diverse arts experiences. His efforts earned him the 2019 Arts Innovator Award from the...

Read More

Mailing address:
P.O. Box 1212, Brattleboro, VT 05302

Physical address:
139 Main St, Suites 601A and 604, Brattleboro, VT 05302

888-511-5150
[email protected]

Categories

More Info

The Commons is published by Vermont Independent Media, Inc., a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization.