BRATTLEBORO-George Stone Sr., closing in on his 101st birthday, is one of the last members...
-On a Sunday night, Kelsey Rice found her abuser at her home again, out on...
BRATTLEBORO-The cause of the March 26 fires that temporarily displaced 126 at the School of...
BRATTLEBORO-Caz Clark is the safety and outreach manager at the Brattleboro Food Co-op, a position...
The long list of restaurants in town which have gone defunct in recent years just got a bit longer. The Steak Out, which has operated on Putney Road since 1972, closed abruptly on Sunday. The restaurant was well-known in the area for its soup and salad bar, as well as an all-you-can-eat dessert bar. The French onion soup, prime rib, and the big bowls of all-you-can-eat shrimp were among its signature dishes. Owner Sean Henry, who bought the steakhouse from...
The cover of Write Action's new anthology features a picnic motif - a birthday cake on a checkered tablecloth, a ghosted photograph of writers milling about on a sunny summer afternoon. A picnic? It's an important symbol of the organization, says Arlene Distler, a writer who cofounded the organization with other area writers, including her late partner, journalist and writer Marty Jezer. The annual meeting and picnic, like other Write Action events, offers those attending “a chance to mix it up...
Hydroelectric power generated by the flow of rivers like the Connecticut is an excellent energy solution for New England. Hydropower is clean, renewable, and emissions-free, and it sustains local jobs, municipal tax revenues, and reinvestment in local communities. Hydropower does have some environmental impacts - vastly fewer than producing electricity from coal, natural gas, or nuclear generation - and depending on how they're constructed, fewer than wind or solar farms. But they are impacts to be mitigated. And when power...
Mailing address:
P.O. Box 1212, Brattleboro, VT 05302
Physical address:
139 Main St, Suites 601A and 604, Brattleboro, VT 05302
The Commons is published by Vermont Independent Media, Inc., a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization.