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Voices

Thanks times two

By
Barbara Holliday
Wednesday, October 31, 2012 — Issue 176

BRATTLEBORO — Thank you, Jeebus! And thank you, Wendy M. Levy [“A union-busting law firm separates Co-op from its expressed ideals,” Letters, Oct. 17], for your articulation of the problem.

Voices

Mr. Garvey did not need to die

By
MadFreedom Advocates

Wilda L. White, Hilary Melton, and Malaika Puffer are founding directors of MadFreedom Advocates, Inc.,

Australian ballot - really? Yes, really.

By
Zsolt Pomazi

BRATTLEBORO-While it's encouraging that we're finally approaching a more inclusive way of recognizing the voices...

One person, one vote for all of Brattleboro

By
Jessica Doleszny

BRATTLEBORO-The results from the Charter Revision Committee's recent poll in Districts 7, 8, and 9...

Seven farmhouses, seven religious movements

By
Peter Adair

Peter Adair is the author of the books Sacred Universe and Sacred Earth. WESTMINSTER WEST-Unlikely...

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News

Irene’s lessons curbed more damage

By
Virginia Ray
Wednesday, August 4, 2021 — Issue 624

The past week's torrential and troubling rainfall has brought to many minds Tropical Storm Irene, which ripped through Vermont on Aug. 28, 2011. As Irene passed through Vermont that Sunday, its wind caused damage. But it was the aftermath - 11 inches of rain that the storm quickly dumped on the state - that caused $733 million in destruction. However, Windham Regional Commission Executive Director Chris Campany says the storm also brought a few “lessons learned.” He spoke Monday with...

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Voices

A saner and calmer future is on the horizon

By
Richard Davis
Wednesday, November 18, 2020 — Issue 588

It would have been comforting to have Donald Trump out of our minds in the last few months of his reign of chaos, but egomaniacs such as he do not move on graciously. We will continue to be enveloped with the shroud of madness until Jan. 20, and that is a disgrace for the United States of America. It eases the pain of the last four years for many of us that Joe Biden and Kamala Harris were elected by...

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Arts

Michelle Liechti, Chonghyo Shin to perform in BMC Faculty Concert

Wednesday, March 4, 2015 — Issue 295

On Sunday, March 8, at 4 p.m., at Centre Congregational Church on Main St., the Brattleboro Music Center presents Music School faculty members, violinist Michelle Liechti and pianist Chonghyo Shin in a benefit concert for the BMC scholarship fund. The concert program includes Beethoven's Violin Sonata No. 10 in G Major, Op. 96; Brahms' Violin Sonata No.3 in D minor, Op.108; Chopin's Barcarolle in F-sharp Major, Op. 60; Schumann - Liszt's Widmung, and the Chaconne from the Partita in D...

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