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Voices

Tabloid fodder

By
Judy Romero
Wednesday, October 19, 2011 — Issue 123

I found Karl Meyer's Viewpoint [“Failed salmon program doesn't deserve new life,” Oct. 12] to be grossly inaccurate.

I think it would be better suited for publication in the National Enquirer.

Karl, you might want to consider working for that paper.

Voices

Planet Hank is at our door

By
Anne Henshaw

Anne Henshaw is an independent educational consultant and advocate for disability rights. CHESTER-On Oct. 18,

Danger to the Constitution

By
Laurie Goldman

TRENTON, MAINE-Jo Schneiderman's piece on self-censorship is one of the most important and precise framings...

We must do more to stop U.S. complicity in Gaza

By
Steve Wangh

BRATTLEBORO-Our senators, Peter Welch and Bernie Sanders, and our Representative, Becca Balint, have been in...

Sweat and ash: the spirit of community in Windham

By
Michael Pelton

Michael Pelton, a farm owner and operator and engaged community member, serves on the Windham...

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Putney seeks ways to expand housing options

By
Ellen Pratt
Tuesday, March 11, 2025 — Issue 806

PUTNEY-The town needs 80 new rental and owner-occupied homes over the next five years to meet the demand for new housing and to replace its aging housing stock, according to the recently released Putney Housing Needs Assessment and Action Plan. "The lack of new and available housing means that young families can't move into town, which leads to an older population shouldering the tax burden," stated Robert O'Brien, senior housing specialist for Camoin Associates, the Virginia-based consulting firm that produced...

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Voices

A collective effort makes a neighborhood cleaner    

By
Robin Rieske
Tuesday, April 15, 2025 — Issue 811

Also signing this letter: Ava Zelkowitz, Groundworks Collaborative, and Dakota Roberts, AIDS Project of Southern Vermont. BRATTLEBORO-We want to extend our heartfelt thanks to the 35 community volunteers and staff from local organizations who recently showed up with heart and energy to make a difference in our neighborhood. Thanks to this collective effort, we gathered a truckload of garbage from the neighborhood, making our shared space cleaner and more welcoming. A good time was had by all and the weather...

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Arts

BMAC presents online talk by artist Michael Abrams

Friday, January 28, 2022 — Issue 645

The Brattleboro Museum & Art Center (BMAC) will present a free online talk by artist Michael Abrams on Thursday, Jan. 6, at 7 p.m. He will welcome viewers to his Jamaica studio via Zoom and Facebook Live for a conversation about his installation “Arcadia Rediscovered” and his work as a landscape painter. Register at brattleboromuseum.org. Abrams, who works primarily in oil on canvas, panel, and prepared paper, “is known for misty, layered vistas suffused with light,” said BMAC Chief Curator...

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