“By the People: Brattleboro Goes Fourth” is set to hold the town's 50th annual Independence Day celebration on Tuesday, July 4, with a morning parade downtown and afternoon and evening program of family activities and fireworks at Living Memorial Park. Marching units - including the local American Legion and Brattleboro Union High School bands, veterans, civic and youth groups - will kick off the festivities at 10 a.m. with a parade from Flat Street to Main Street to the Town...
I was disgusted by the decision to run a giant free press release for Entergy on the cover of the inside section of the April 27 issue of The Commons. Let Entergy buy an ad if it wants to. If this happens again, I will cancel my subscription.
Through gifts and bequests over the past 150 years, Brooks Memorial Library has assembled a rich and varied collection of art and artifacts that rivals even some museums. The collection includes sculpture, ceramics, paintings, rare books, maps, photographs and other ephemera and archaeological objects. Many, if not most, of these pieces have not been displayed for years. Some have never been displayed. As a way of sharing them with the Brooks members and others in the community, the Brooks Trustees,
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