Fran Lynggaard Hansen

Jun 12, 2024 | commonsnews.org | Robert Smith |Fran Lynggaard Hansen |Siri Harrison |Kevin O'Connor

BELLOWS FALLS-It has taken two years since researchers first began accumulating evidence, but on June 7, scientists announced that shortnose sturgeon are living in the Connecticut River as far north as the hydroelectric dam in Bellows Falls. Sturgeon exist in the fossil record going back 250 million years and, for thousands of years, have been native species in the Connecticut River.

Jun 7, 2023 | commonsnews.org | Fran Lynggaard Hansen

The Commons is the public face of a larger nonprofit organization, Vermont Independent Media, Inc. We came to life from the ground up in 2004, as members of the community became increasingly concerned about the consequences of absent corporate ownership of the daily newspaper in town and the need for local people to have access to the skills to create their own grassroots media. VIM came to life lovingly and carefully thanks to indefatigable volunteers.

May 24, 2023 | commonsnews.org | Fran Lynggaard Hansen

By Fran Lynggaard Hansen/The CommonsBRATTLEBORO—Community Asylum Seekers Project (CASP) is one of three organizations nationwide recently awarded a grant from the Chicago-based nonprofit We Are All America.

May 10, 2023 | commonsnews.org | Fran Lynggaard Hansen

The Commons is the public face of a larger nonprofit organization, Vermont Independent Media, Inc. We came to life from the ground up in 2004, as members of the community became increasingly concerned about the consequences of absent corporate ownership of the daily newspaper in town and the need for local people to have access to the skills to create their own grassroots media. VIM came to life lovingly and carefully thanks to indefatigable volunteers.

May 3, 2023 | commonsnews.org | Fran Lynggaard Hansen

The Commons is the public face of a larger nonprofit organization, Vermont Independent Media, Inc. We came to life from the ground up in 2004, as members of the community became increasingly concerned about the consequences of absent corporate ownership of the daily newspaper in town and the need for local people to have access to the skills to create their own grassroots media. VIM came to life lovingly and carefully thanks to indefatigable volunteers.