BRATTLEBORO-Vermont Independent Media (VIM), publisher of The Commons, has purchased The Deerfield Valley News, a...
BRATTLEBORO-Much of Windham County depends for its health care services on Brattleboro Memorial Hospital (BMH),
BRATTLEBORO-With this month's effective end to the state's motel voucher program on July 1, a...
BRATTLEBORO-The annual Brattleboro Goes Fourth! parade on July 4 featured plenty of vehicles from all...
The Northeast Recycling Council celebrates its 30th anniversary this year. And in more good news for the Brattleboro-based nonprofit, the Council was recently chosen to help coordinate the Vermont Green Business Program. The Green Business Program, an environmental assistance and recognition program for companies operating under sustainable business practices, is administered by the Vermont Environmental Assistance Office of the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources. Although most laypeople don't know about Northeast Recycling Council, their influence extends into a variety of...
In connection with two current exhibits exploring the use of chance operations in art, the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center (BMAC) presents a rare documentary film on composer John Cage, a pioneer of the practice. “I Have Nothing To Say And I Am Saying It” (1990, 56 mins.) will be screened at BMAC on Thursday, Jan. 16, at 7 p.m. Cage was perhaps the most controversial composer of the 20th century, but his influence extends far beyond music: His ideas...
In an airport recently, facing life-threatening boredom, I broke down and tried to buy a book through Amazon's Kindle Store. Folks, I was not able to. Somehow this failed to make national news; somehow Wolf Blitzer didn't appear on the airport TV screens to discuss it for the rest of the day, but yes, it happened, and I'll bet it's not the only instance of a commercial website letting somebody down. Point being, it's time to be done with the...
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