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-Last week was a busy one for Vermont's high school athletes as they cris-crossed the state for the opening rounds of the playoffs. There's a lot to cover, so let's get to it. Baseball • Bellows Falls ...
BRATTLEBORO-In honor of Women's Fiction Day 2025, ByWay Books and More, 399 Canal St., hosts Montpelier novelist Roberta Harold on Sunday, June 8, from 2 to 3 p.m. Harold is the author of two ...
Read Issue #818 of the Commons newspaper, published on June 4, 2025. Brattleboro's award winning, independent, nonprofit source of news and views.
BRATTLEBORO-Center for Solace, formerly known as Brattleboro Area Hospice, has created new support groups specifically for caregivers of individuals with dementia. These groups aim to provide ...
BRATTLEBORO-The Anti-Defamation League's 2024 Audit of Antisemitic Incidents reports a deeply troubling rise in antisemitism across the country, including and especially, here in Vermont. We know that ...
BRATTLEBORO-Forthcoming research by University of Vermont (UVM) and the Ethiopian Community Development Council (ECDC) warn that Bennington and Brattleboro's hundreds of local refugees risk losing ...
Read Issue #809 of the Commons newspaper, published on April 2, 2025. Brattleboro's award winning, independent, nonprofit source of news and views.
BRATTLEBORO-In a marathon 10-hour session (not counting lunch and a few short breaks), Representative Town Meeting (RTM) members sent a proposed $24.7 million budget back to the drawing board in a ...
Curtiss Reed Jr., one of the founders of this newspaper, works at the intersection of economic development and inclusion and equity as CEO of CRJ Consulting Group, L3C. BRATTLEBORO-Beyond the current ...
BRATTLEBORO-As three newcomers prepare to take seats on the Selectboard, at least one outgoing incumbent isn't surprised. "Any incumbent was going to lose," said Franz Reichsman of the March 4 town ...
Also signing this letter were Ellen Martyn, Sara Longsmith, Emilie Kornheiser, Elizabeth Tannenbaum, Peter Fallon, and Beth Kiendl, all of Brattleboro, and Ann Darling, of Easthampton, Massachusetts.
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