BRATTLEBORO — Thank you for upholding Vermont's maple syrup gold standard, Robb family!
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...
Last week's commemorations of D-Day, that day 75 years ago when Allied forces landed on the beaches of northern France to begin the liberation of western Europe from Nazi Germany, were a reminder that the brave souls that were there that morning are passing from living memory and into the history books. On June 6, 1944, the biggest day of World War II, all Richard Hamilton could do was watch and wait. As the first waves of bombers swept over...
This year, the 13th annual Rockingham Arts & Museum Project (RAMP) Art Raffle will be held virtually. From New York to White River Junction to Bellows Falls, artists have donated their signature pieces including glasswork, painting, and weaving. Visit the RAMP website at ramp-vt.org to view more than 45 pieces of original artwork by these artists. Raffle tickets are $25 each or five for $100. Featured artists include Clare Adams, Patricia Avila, Jean Cannon, James Sturm, Wendy Copp, Nancy Fitz-Rapalje,
Kudos to The Commons for hosting an important and lively conversation in print about gun safety. And to Gerard Cloutier for writing about this issue. Mr. Cloutier cites a lack of facts and data in his response to my previous Viewpoint [“We are free, we are told,” Aug. 7], so I'll let these speak for themselves and let your readers decide: • 39,773 gun deaths in 2017. • 346 mass shootings in 2017. (A mass shooting is defined as four...
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