BRATTLEBORO — Owing to the Independence Day holiday, the issue of The Commons dated Wednesday, July 4 will be published and distributed on Tuesday, July 3.
Accordingly, all editorial and advertising content for next week's newspaper should arrive at the newspaper by Thursday, June 28 at 5 p.m.
Thank you in advance for helping us make a great newspaper for you on an accelerated schedule.
BRATTLEBORO-An achievement that has been decades in the making is about to finally happen with...
BRATTLEBORO-In the predawn hours of Nov. 7, a fire tore through the abandoned remains of...
PUTNEY-A fourth appeal to the Vermont Supreme Court has proved unsuccessful in stopping the proposed...
BRATTLEBORO-A group of residents has successfully petitioned for a special Town Meeting to debate whether...
A Landmark College professor - and longtime contributor to The Commons - pleaded not guilty on Aug. 23 to a charge of first degree aggravated domestic assault with a weapon. MacLean Gander, 65, of Jelly Mill Road in Guilford, was arrested by Vermont State Police on Aug. 22 after authorities received a complaint about him threatening a person known to him with a knife following “escalating abusive behaviors” involving alcohol and drugs, according to a police affidavit. As a general...
Life is increasingly becoming too expensive to live here, and it's been happening over a long time. Selectboard Chair Tim Wessel wrote an opinion piece about the proposed security deposit ordinance, in which he used the saying, “The road to ruin is paved with good intentions.” I'd counter with, “The road to ruin is paved by those afraid to stop it.” This is what we know: • The first wave of shops and businesses have closed due to coronavirus. Meanwhile,
The Brattleboro Music Center announces the Windham Orchestra's 32nd annual Concerto Competition, open to serious instrumental and vocal music students in grades 9 through 12. Eligible students must live in or attend schools in the Vermont counties of Windsor, Windham, or Bennington; New Hampshire counties of Cheshire, Sullivan or Grafton; or Massachusetts counties of Berkshire, Franklin, or Hampshire. The winner will receive $200 and perform with the Windham Orchestra under the direction of conductor Hugh Keelan. “This is an opportunity...
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