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Voices

Putney Community Center seeks help with improvements

By
Gino Palmeri
Wednesday, June 20, 2012 — Issue 157

PUTNEY — The Putney Community Center is looking for help in launching a capital improvement campaign. Our beautiful historic building, on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Putney Village Historic District, is in need of significant upgrades, including painting and insulation/weatherization.

Our board of directors is specifically seeking to hear from:

• Other Windham County nonprofit organizations with a community mission that, needing space for an ongoing program, might wish to partner with us for fundraising purposes.

• Individuals with memories to contribute about our organization's history, or how the Putney Community Center played a significant role in their lives or in the lives of others.

• Creative and energetic individuals willing to volunteer or join our board.

• Contractors who wish to bid on building improvements.

If you would like to contact us, please email us at putney.cc@gmail.com or leave a voice mail at 802-387-8551.

Voices

What makes us great

By
Jon Schottland

Jon Schottland is a psychotherapist and a school counselor. BRATTLEBORO-The other day I was walking...

Why do so many people rely on SNAP?

By
Robyn Stires

Robyn Stires is the director of Mercy Ministries Food Pantry at Agape Christian Fellowship in...

Health insurance premiums skyrocket for thousands of Vermonters

By
Robert F. Smith

Robert F. Smith reports for The Commons on Bellows Falls and surrounding communities. A longtime...

A solution to troubled nursing homes

By
Helen Neswald

SAXTONS RIVER-The recent reporting from VTDigger about the inadequacy of the state's private nursing homes...

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Smith decries proposed VY trust-fund use

Wednesday, November 4, 2015 — Issue 330

House Speaker Shap Smith is asking Vermont Yankee owner Entergy to reconsider its proposed use of the plant's trust fund for property tax payments. Entergy has notified the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission that it intends to withdraw up to $6.6 million from the trust fund; a company spokesman said $1.2 million of that total will be used to pay property taxes. Vermont officials have protested several of Entergy's planned trust-fund uses, worrying that too many withdrawals will hinder site cleanup...

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Moran believes in improving life of working people

By
Ann Zimmerman
Wednesday, November 23, 2016 — Issue 384

I encourage the voters of Windham-Bennington-1 to return John Moran to the Statehouse on Nov. 8. Over the past few weeks and months, I have had the chance to speak with Moran on several occasions. One of the things I am most impressed with is his dedication to improving the lot of working people in Vermont. In particular, he supports a livable wage for those who struggle at the lower end of the pay scale in our service economy: the...

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Arts

NAACP revives contest for youth art and writing

By
Gen Louise Mangiaratti
Tuesday, January 28, 2025 — Issue 800

BRATTLEBORO-When Daniel Guerra taught at the middle and high schools in Brattleboro, some of the most creative, and possibly restless, students would sketch him as he stood before the class. "There were some that were pretty striking," he said. "Like, 'Whoa. You're really good.'" And of course, the school hallways were adorned with students' paintings, photography, sculpture, and other creations. "I'm probably a little biased," he said, "but I would just often come across really incredible works of art." Now,

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