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Voices

Amazing birds by any name

By
Sandy Capponcelli
Wednesday, April 18, 2012 — Issue 148

ATHENS — RE: “A buzzard is a buteo, not a vulture,” [Tails of Birding, April 11.]

I am not a birder, but I enjoy birds. I have always called these birds turkey vultures. I suppose I like the word “vulture”; it seems dark and wonderful.

I am a fan of these birds. To watch them as they glide through the air is amazing. Even yesterday, right on Main Street in downtown Brattleboro, I was able to spend my time waiting for the lights to change watching them glide above the River Garden area.

They are not buzzards, they are wonders of nature.

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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Brattleboro approves $40,000 for police study

By
Kevin O'Connor
Wednesday, September 23, 2020 — Issue 580

The town will spend up to $40,000 to pay two facilitators and a nine-member citizens committee for a three-month study of municipal law enforcement in the era of Black Lives Matter. The Selectboard voted Sept. 15 to hire Brattleboro social worker Emily Megas-Russell and educator Shea Witzberger from Dummerston to head a review of the use of town resources for police and social services “to ensure equitable and optimal community health, wellness, and safety.” “When we're talking about bringing people...

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Voices

Protestors divert resources in crisis

By
Chris Bates
Wednesday, September 14, 2011 — Issue 118

It's hard to believe that on Tuesday, Aug. 30, during Vermont's recovery from a 100-year flood, 10 anti-nuclear protesters would break the law and trespass at Vermont Yankee. But they did. It's difficult to understand why the protesters used locked chains so that first responders had to be diverted from helping Vermont's citizens. But they did. It's incomprehensible that the protesters would ignore Vermont's local law enforcement when they explained the extent of the natural disaster and asked them to...

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Arts

Brattleboro Music Center offers two special events to welcome holiday season

Wednesday, December 4, 2019 — Issue 539

The Brattleboro Music Center welcomes the holiday season with two special events. The Music School Student Orchestras Concert is set for Tuesday, Dec. 10, at 6:30 p.m. at BMC. With more than 80 students of all ages performing, the event will feature the Tigers beginning strings class, two Celtic Music class ensembles, the Youth String Orchestra, and the Music in the Schools string ensembles. For families or individuals considering music lessons, this is an opportunity to experience the BMC firsthand.

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