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Voices

A place of respect for the dignity of all

By
Donna Macomber
Wednesday, December 7, 2011 — Issue 130

BRATTLEBORO — Re: “Overflow Shelter piece: 'dehumanizing,' 'ugly' portrait,” [Voices, Nov. 23]:

Thank you, Mel Motel, for taking the time to put language to this important issue.

I want our community to continue to grapple with understanding the complexity of poverty and oppression. The place from which we offer support to one another matters so, so much, in my humble opinion.

I would only ever want to be on the receiving end of support that was offered from a place of respect for the dignity of all human beings.

Voices

Town Meeting: an extremely rare direct democracy

By
Bahman Mahdavi

NEWFANE-Town Meeting, a state holiday usually held on the first Tuesday in March, is a...

In support of judges

By
Meg Lucas

This letter, submitted by Meg Lucas, is co-signed by Nancy Witherill (Bartonsville), Sherry Maher (Athens),

Ten ways you are being burned by billionaires

By
Chuck Collins

Chuck Collins is a researcher, campaigner, and storyteller based at the Institute for Policy Studies,

When debt crowds out defense

By
Jim Freedman

Jim Freedman is a leadership consultant and author. BRATTLEBORO-In the 18th century, Scottish Enlightenment thinker...

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Brooks House project takes a step forward

By
Olga Peters
Wednesday, May 29, 2013 — Issue 205

Mesabi LLC, the investors behind rebuilding the Brooks House, checked two more boxes toward that project at the May 7 Selectboard meeting. The board approved the terms for Mesabi's loan with the town through the town's Community Development Block Grant Program Income Fund. The $100,000 loan will be for 10 years at 3 percent interest. “We are scrambling to have it all come together,” said Bob Stevens, one of Mesabi's five principals, of funding the multimillion-dollar rehabilitation project. A five-alarm...

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Voices

Wistfulness at the end of an era with Dalem’s Chalet

By
Don McLean
Wednesday, December 9, 2020 — Issue 591

Thank you for the wonderful and touching piece by Ian Diamondstone about Dalem's Chalet. The official write-up about the renovation of the property into housing was necessarily dry and sketchy, and it was great to have Ian's personal story of his relationship to this remarkable place and its founder and longtime proprietor. Friends of Music at Guilford, which I managed for a number of decades, had a warm relationship with the Chalet and with Ursula Dalem. They hosted a visiting...

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Arts

‘Lights, Camera, Auction’ to benefit Main Street Arts

Wednesday, September 19, 2018 — Issue 477

Lights! Camera! Auction! will be the cry at Main Street Arts as the community arts center continues the celebration of its 30th birthday with its annual benefit gala Saturday, Sept. 22, beginning at 5 p.m. A silent auction of art work, local services, and donated goods will be on hand to tempt buyers, and Bill Stevens will auction off a group of special items, including an evening of wine and hors d'oeuvres on a veranda overlooking a flowing stream, with...

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