BETHEL — At its monthly meeting on Oct. 28 in recognition of Armistice Day (Veterans Day), the Will Miller Green Mountain Veterans for Peace Chapter 57 adopted a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, and that negotiations begin for a lasting peace in the region.
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Mary McCallum used to contribute regularly to the commentary series that used to air on...
Timothy Belknap describes himself as a "downtown resident and Brattleboro lover." BRATTLEBORO-The yes vote to...
WEST TOWNSHEND-When I learned, as a girl, about the lead-up to Kristallnacht, I had thought...
BRATTLEBORO-The headline made me curious enough to read this one person's opinion of a local...
Service to the community was the unifying theme in the stories of the three people honored by the Brattleboro Area Chamber of Commerce at its annual awards gathering on June 1 on the porch of the recently opened Bar 580 on Canal Street. Being named Member of the Year was a bittersweet honor for Mary Giamartino, who operated the last locally owned pharmacy in town until its closing in February, a victim of changing economics. For Tito Garza, getting the...
Nancy Braus, until recently an independent bookseller, is a longtime activist who contributes often to these pages. GUILFORD-For those of us baby boomers who grew up with dads (and a few moms) who fought in the European theater of World War II, or even those who fought in the Pacific, Nazis were always the unmentionables, the very embodiment of evil. Many of us had family who were in Nazi concentration camps themselves - I had a relative who survived Auschwitz.
Christina Schneider - performing under as stage persona Locate S,1 - takes the stage at the Stone Church on Saturday night and will open Ruth Garbus's performance [story, this issue] with a stripped-down version of her band, she tells The Commons. The opening set will include Schneider on guitar and Vox, Kevin Barnes (who also plays in the band Of Montreal) on bass, and Clayton Rychlik on drums. Schneider, 34, is excited for her return to southern Vermont after a...
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