BROOKLINE — Thank you, Deb Luskin. It took guts to write this. And thank you to The Commons for publishing.
I am hopeful for change. I pray we can all be kinder to each other in the midst of these revelations.
Cal Glover-Wessel grew up in Brattleboro and lives here again after a few years of...
PUTNEY-I am grateful to call Bex Slattery a colleague, blessed to call her a friend,
WILMINGTON-As a former Vernon resident (and one dying to move back there!) I wholeheartedly endorse...
BRATTLEBORO-Oscar Heller is my choice for the three-year seat on the Brattleboro Selectboard. As a...
A coalition of towns is trying to shift some authority from the state level to the towns in the upcoming legislative session. Brattleboro and other interested towns, along with the nonprofit Vermont League of Cities and Towns, are spearheading the effort. “It's going to be a really heavy lift in the House,” said Gwynn Zakov, the nonprofit League's municipal policy advocate, who updated the Brattleboro Selectboard on the effort to create a municipal self-governance pilot program at the board's Sept.
The Fukushima Daiichi Plants 1–4 accident 10 years ago was a catastrophe inside a far larger catastrophe created by a huge tsunami that engulfed a large region of the eastern coast of Japan. More than 20,000 people were killed by the flood, none by the radiation and radioactivity from the core meltdowns of reactors 1–3. The core of reactor 4 was totally out and in the fuel pool during a routine maintenance operation there. Those reactor plants are the same...
The Gail Wade Trio will perform Saturday, Sept. 29, as part of Wardsboro Curtain Call's 2018 Music Series. Drawing from the deep roots of folk, bluegrass, and classic country music, The Gail Wade Trio presents an eclectic blend of both traditional and original acoustic music. A strong guitarist and songwriter with a rich, soulful voice, Wade has been performing both solo and with her own band in the U.S. and abroad for the past 30 years, according to a news...
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