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A light on your community

By
Gloria Houlné
Wednesday, October 2, 2013 — Issue 223

RE: “What happens when a library loses its spirit?” [Column, Sept. 25]:

Andrew Carnegie would be proud! I am so glad to see that the sad situation of the Rockingham Free Public Library has united library patrons and Friends of the Library.

I am further thrilled to know that my very intelligent, hard-working, and loyal sister - your former library director, Célina Houlné - is appreciated and supported by columnist Elayne Clift.

This situation has served as a light to your community, illuminating all things dark and devious. Keep up the good fight!

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Planet Hank is at our door

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Anne Henshaw

Anne Henshaw is an independent educational consultant and advocate for disability rights. CHESTER-On Oct. 18,

Danger to the Constitution

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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

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Michael Pelton

Michael Pelton, a farm owner and operator and engaged community member, serves on the Windham...

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Brattleboro’s newest police officers are sworn in and ready for duty

By
Olga Peters
Wednesday, February 12, 2014 — Issue 241

At the Police Department's first public swearing-in ceremony, held during the Feb. 3 Selectboard meeting, four cadets solemnly swore to protect the people of Brattleboro, and joined the ranks. They are cadets Caleb Currie, Matthew Petlock, Steven Chase Stanley, and Colby Kerylow. The four, graduates of the Vermont Police Academy's 16-week training course, will now ride for the next 12 weeks with seasoned members of the BPD as part of their field training. According to Police Chief Eugene Wrinn, the...

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Bernie Sanders: Please go to Gaza

By
Anna Mullany and Crystal Barney
Wednesday, May 9, 2018 — Issue 458

An open letter to Bernie Sanders: On March 31, you tweeted: “The killing of Palestinian demonstrators by Israeli forces in Gaza is tragic. It is the right of all people to protest for a better future without a violent response.” The situation in Gaza is of the utmost urgency as the conditions on the ground continue to deteriorate and as peaceful demonstrators are killed and injured by the Israeli state. We agree with you that the United States should call...

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New York Times reporter to speak on ‘The Perfect Weapon’

Wednesday, October 7, 2020 — Issue 582

Weston Playhouse Theatre Company will present a virtual fundraising event with New York Times' national security correspondent David E. Sanger on Sunday, Oct. 18, at 7 p.m. Sanger, who speaks at the theater each year, will give a special lecture about his new HBO documentary The Perfect Weapon, based on his 2018 book The Perfect Weapon: War, Sabotage, and Fear in the Cyber Age. He is the author of two bestsellers on foreign policy and national security: The Inheritance: The...

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