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Voices

Valuable real estate

By
Christopher Parker
Wednesday, May 9, 2012 — Issue 151

PUTNEY — RE: “Brattleboro task force asks: What can we do about parking?” [The Commons, May 2].

Parking spaces are real estate - real estate that is not earning its full value.

Parking rates should be higher than they are.

Voices

What has the U.S. done?

By
Kate Kenner

GUILFORD-So Trump has been elected - again. If last time was bad, this time will...

Keeping faith in ‘interesting times’

By
The Beloved Community VT

The writers note that they originally sent this letter to their congregation. "We offer it...

Election results: obvious, but still shocking

By
M.N. Scherbatskoy

WESTMINSTER WEST-Thank you to David Brooks for clearly saying in his Nov. 8 New York...

We’ve become a business with a community problem

By
Hannah Sorila

Hannah Sorila is a writer and community organizer who aims to align intention and impact...

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News

Guilford celebrates pending resurrection of Sweet Pond

By
Wendy M. Levy
Wednesday, September 23, 2015 — Issue 324

The sunny lawn just up the hill from the field formerly known as Sweet Pond was the site of a celebration this past Saturday. “We'll be looking to party,” State Rep. Mike Hebert, R-Vernon, said on May 27, when he announced to the Guilford Selectboard the state would award the town $405,000 to restore the Sweet Pond dam, thus allowing the now-empty pond to fill back up. Guilford got its party. Susan James, part of the Sweet Pond Steering Committee,

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Voices

Deen has stellar legislative, environmental record

By
Stephen Dotson
Wednesday, November 23, 2016 — Issue 384

I am proud to be casting my vote for House candidate Rep. David Deen, and hope you will join me. Rep. Deen has a stellar legislative record, including a 100 percent environmental voting record in Vermont Conservation Voters' 2016 Environmental Scorecard. Rep. Deen, like the majority of Windham County voters, supports clean, renewable energy and tackling climate change, while balancing local concerns about how and where solar and wind facilities are built. He also understands that investing in clean water,

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Arts

Epsilon Spires to hold a studio open house during Gallery Walk

Wednesday, March 4, 2020 — Issue 551

Beginning at 5:30 p.m. during the March 6 edition of Gallery Walk, events will take place inside and outside Epsilon Spires at 190 Main Street. Epsilon Spires will unveil new signage in front of the building in a gesture of change and revitalization at the former Baptist Church. “Epsilon Spires is a place that fosters social impact through art and science,” said Epsilon Spires board president David McManus. “We want to signal this new direction through innovative programming. Having our...

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