Rick Holmes, of Marlboro, is a retired newspaper editor and columnist. MARLBORO-Ho Chi Minh City,
BRATTLEBORO-In Brattleboro, a significant amount of public discourse happens online. While social media can be...
GREENFIELD, MASS.-When I saw the cover of The Commons, I decided to look over this...
BRATTLEBORO-The Brattleboro Area Interfaith Youth Group went off to Asheville, North Carolina! The multicultural group...
BELLOWS FALLS-The Bellows Falls Community Bike Project, active in the village for 11 years, has raised enough money to be able to buy its current location at 30 Henry St., on the corner of Atkinson Street. Project founder and director Bonnie Anderson hopes the nonprofit will sign a sales agreement this fall. Funds raised by the end of August totaled $80,454 which, along with $9,450 worth of donated professional services, means the group can buy the building without needing a...
Although damage from a Feb. 2 chimney fire has forced Samirah Evans out of her Brattleboro home for the next few months, she's hardly singing the blues. At least not until the party starts. Samirah Evans and Her Handsome Devils, with guests Evelyn Harris, John Sheldon, Moonlight and Morningstar, and Becca Byram, are raising money in a rollicking Mardi Gras dance party to help Evans and her husband get back on their feet. The show is Saturday, March 2, at...
The Putney Foodshelf's sixth annual Top the Truck event of Sept. 25 brought in 2,590.5 pounds of food, thanks to the generosity of community members. The food is now sorted and put on the shelves, and the cases of food that donors ordered through the Putney Food Co-op at bulk discount rate have been delivered both to the Foodshelf and to our Food4Kids program at Putney Central School. We would like to give special thanks to the people and organizations...
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