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Voices

V-why?

By
Holland Mills
Wednesday, September 26, 2012 — Issue 171

BRATTLEBORO — Why do the vast majority of pro-Vermont Yankee pieces printed herewith emanate from New Hampshire?

Voices

With the right support, refugees in rural Vermont can thrive

By
Pablo Bose and Thomas Huddleston

Pablo Bose is a professor in the Department of Geography and Geosciences at the University...

Representative Town Meeting works for a town the size of Brattleboro

By
Rebecca Bartlett

BRATTLEBORO-I have lived and voted in Brattleboro for 45 years, and I am writing about...

The wonder of paradox

By
Meg Mott

Meg Mott is professor emerita of Marlboro College and Emerson College and describes herself as...

Editing words about war, and our great divide

By
Jeff Potter

Jeff Potter has edited The Commons since 2008 and has been working in and around...

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News

Only 5 schools in Windham County attain federal standard

By
Randolph T. Holhut and Jeff Potter
Wednesday, August 14, 2013 — Issue 216

Seventy-three percent of Vermont public schools - including Windham County's four high schools and nearly half of its elementary schools - failed to meet targets set under the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). NCLB requires states to set “adequate yearly progress” (AYP) requirements for schools. The scores in Vermont are primarily based on the New England Common Assessment Program (NECAP), which gauges math and reading skills. The Department of Education released the testing results last week, showing that only...

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Voices

Love, change, survival: un-American?

By
Joe Crompton
Wednesday, November 8, 2017 — Issue 433

Let's recognize health care as a human right by extending it to all people in the United States and funding it by tax revenues. Let's reckon each other's inherent worth way above our unfair market value. So shall we invest in one another, and, what's more, express our love for one another? Let's recognize love as a cardinal American value. Is this proper for a secular republic? Yes. Though religions do promote love, love is an observable phenomenon, probably explicable...

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Arts

Brattleboro Women’s Chorus delivers Singing Valentines on Feb. 14

Wednesday, February 1, 2012 — Issue 137

The Brattleboro Women's Chorus thinks that love is one of the best reasons to celebrate, and they want to help make sure your Valentine's Day 2012 won't be ho-hum. Instead of sappy greeting cards or little heart candies with overused phrases, they are ready to help express your fondness or appreciation with something memorable, moving, and melodic - an uplifting serenade for your Valentine in three-part harmony. Send good will and cheer to friends and loved ones in the Brattleboro...

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