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Voices

In support of Donovan

By
Daryl Pillsbury
Wednesday, June 27, 2012 — Issue 158

BRATTLEBORO — It is time for a change in the Vermont Attorney General's office, and that is one of the reasons I am voting for T. J. Donovan in the Democratic primary for attorney general.

Donovan has been a successful litigator as Chittenden County state's attorney, and those skills will serve Vermonters well in the attorney general's office.

Donavan also has a strong set of principles that he is running on, and I am enthusiastically supporting him because he is pushing for engagement and transparency in the attorney general's office.

He understands that real reform of the criminal justice system starts with our communities, not how many arrests have been made.

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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Local EMS pioneer remembered as steadfast community volunteer

By
Fran Lynggaard Hansen
Tuesday, August 29, 2023 — Issue 729

Verne Bristol, one of the founders of Rescue Inc., died in his sleep on Aug. 23, six days after he celebrated his 91st birthday. "Of course, we're very sad to see him leave us," says Patty Bristol Higgins, one of Bristol's two daughters. "He always said he wanted to go quickly and didn't want any of us kids hanging around a hospital bed. I'm so glad that he went peacefully in his sleep." Bristol, one of 17 children, grew up...

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Comings and goings

By
Kevin O'Connor
Wednesday, August 31, 2016 — Issue 372

Ever hear the story of the “ski train?” The exotic actress who spent summers in a fur coat - and nothing else? The chambermaid who saved the day by standing in the shadow of a wrecking crane? This building - called Union Station upon its opening in Aug. 12, 1916 - is as much a part of the local landscape as the surrounding mountains that were quarried to provide fieldstone blocks for its walls. Physically speaking, the former railroad depot...

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Arts

Hometown singers return to Brattleboro for an a cappella concert Feb. 2

Wednesday, January 30, 2019 — Issue 495

When six of New England's finest scholastic singing groups take the stage at the Latchis Theatre on Saturday, Feb. 2, there will be more than just rich harmonies and bubbly energy in the air. Emotions will be running high, too - for five singers, in particular, and for their family members, friends, and former teachers, who will be cheering them on from the audience. That's because Brattleboro's 16th annual Collegiate A Cappella Benefit Concert, a fundraiser for the Brattleboro Museum...

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