BRATTLEBORO — The Commons will go on holiday break and suspend publication of next week's issue. The next issue of the newspaper will be published and appear online on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. Deadline for submissions of news and advertising is Saturday, Jan. 2.
The staff of The Commons and the board of directors of Vermont Independent Media wish readers a safe and happy holiday season.
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...
Andre Jaeger, who will start his job as finance director on May 20, will bring to the position experience working in the private, municipal, and higher education sectors. Town Manager Peter Elwell said that Jaeger joins the town after serving as Keene State College's budget director. According to Elwell, the college eliminated the position on May 1 as part of a staff-reduction and restructuring process. Jaeger steps into his new role during an uncertain time for the community, thanks to...
BRATTLEBORO-Rep. Emilie Kornheiser has the knowledge, the experience, and the relationships to do the job and do it well. Until I read an interview with Rep. Emily Long (D-Newfane), the House majority leader, I did not realize just how important it is for a state representative to have experience and relationships and how long it can take to get that. Emily Long said she thought she was familiar with the State House, but she said, "in retrospect, I knew nothing"
Actors Theatre Playhouse (ATP) presents "Spotlight," a program of short stories, poetry, music, and more, on Saturdays, Sept. 7 and 14, at 7:30 p.m. Spotlight is ATP's new literary variety show. This year, actors, musicians - and perhaps audience members - will explore what it means to be "good" (and not so good!) through various short performances. The evening will include works of Mark Twain, Bertolt Brecht, Dorothy Parker, John Prine, Robert Frost, Aesop, John Steinbeck, and others. "Spotlight pieces...
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