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Voices

Hits the nail on the head

By
Pat DeAngelo
Wednesday, March 28, 2012 — Issue 145

BRATTLEBORO — RE: “Our nuclear spring” [Editorial, March 14].

Once again, The Commons hits the nail on the head! What a great bunch of news people you are.

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A mental health crisis is not a crime

By
Emma Rose Sheldon

Emma Rose Sheldon is a licensed clinical mental health counselor. BRATTLEBORO-I feel compelled to speak...

Building the future of Main Street

By
Kate Trzaskos

KATE TRZASKOS is executive director of the Downtown Brattleboro Alliance. BRATTLEBORO- What does the future...

Thanks to voters from Eastes

By
Zon Eastes

The writer represents Windham-1 (Guilford and Vernon) in the Vermont Legislature. GUILFORD-Thank you to the...

From planning to action

By
Chloe Learey

Chloe Learey is executive director of the Winston Prouty Center for Child and Family Development.

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School district, students adapt to a crisis

By
Olga Peters
Wednesday, March 25, 2020 — Issue 554

Rows of brown paper lunch bags sit on a folding table under a pop-up tent behind Fire Station 2 in West Brattleboro as Academy School kindergarten teacher Maureen Parzych pulls additional meals from a cooler in anticipation of a swarm of students and families. The packed breakfasts and lunches are part of Windham Southeast School District's (WSESD's) food distribution program. As schools and other community spaces close in an attempt to slow the spread of the COVID-19 virus, community members...

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Proposal 4 would constitutionally protect equality and liberty

By
League of Women Voters of Vermont
Thursday, October 29, 2026 — Issue 888

BURLINGTON-On Nov. 3, vote “yes” to amend the Vermont Constitution by adding Proposal 4, Equality of Rights. Vermont’s constitution does not have an equal protection clause that prohibits discrimination based on a person’s race, sex, religion, or other characteristics. Article 7, the Common Benefits Clause, serves as the constitutional protection against unequal treatment but does not address the problems of unfair and unjust discrimination. Proposal 4 would change this by addressing historical gaps in our constitution and strengthening civil rights.

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Arts

Fine-art glass exhibit opens at The Gallery

Wednesday, September 19, 2018 — Issue 477

The public is invited to attend the artists' reception of “A World Suspended in Color,” a fine-art glass exhibit, from 5 to 8 p.m., on Friday, Sept. 21 at Canal Street Art Gallery, 23 Canal St. The exhibition is on view to the public through Nov. 3 at the gallery. It is open Wednesday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., and all other days by appointment. According to a news release, the intention of “A World Suspended in...

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