BELLOWS FALLS-On this Saturday, the 250th anniversary of two early Massachusetts battles that irrevocably advanced...
BRATTLEBORO-Greg Lesch. the executive director of the Brattleboro Area Chamber of Commerce, died Feb. 19,
Many people in Windham County look on in frustration as they watch the police arrest...
ROCKINGHAM-The town of Rockingham recently announced that the Proposed Amendments to the town's Zoning and...
The Interstate 91 bridge that spans the West River remains on track to open November 2016 after a series of delays pushed back the original 2015 deadline. The state Agency of Transportation (AOT), construction companies FIGG Engineering Group, of Florida, and PCL Civil Constructors, Inc., of Virginia trekked to Brattleboro to provide a project update on Tuesday. Bad weather, soil issues, and permitting issues ended hopes that the project would be finished by the winter of 2015-16. Secretary of Transportation...
Next Stage Arts announces the NXT Curators series, supported in part by Vermont Humanities, offering an opportunity for audiences to hear from curators in various arts/humanities fields. The intent is to shine a light on lesser-known styles and genres, providing a behind-the-scenes look at what curators need to consider when working with their medium. “For most, the arts are something we interact with as a finished product. We love the musicians we love, but we don't understand the inner workings,”
You write: "Although The Commons maintains a policy of publishing commentary under a contributor's real name, we make an exception here to give readers a glimpse of this difficult job and the variety of people who undertake it." "On the night shift" [The Commons, Jan. 2009] is not commentary; it is investigative reporting. Who or what was protected by the reporter's anonymity? The Commons has taken anonymity, which leading newspapers now limit strictly due to infamous abuses, to the opposite...
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