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Second-grader at Green Street School to get soft on a critical academic matter
By
Annabelle Kriger Thies
Wednesday, June 25, 2014 — Issue 260

BRATTLEBORO — Our class tissues are not very comfortable. They hurt our noses very badly. We would like some softer tissues, please.

These tissues make our noses chapped, but I'm grateful we have tissues for our class. They don't make my nose so runny, but they feel like sandpaper, and our noses get red when we use them.

We would be so so very, very grateful for new soft, fluffy, and comfy ones that don't make our noses hurt.

I am not trying to complain - nobody is - but softer, please.

Again, we would be so grateful for new ones.

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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Community leaders get support, from the ground up

By
Olga Peters
Wednesday, September 9, 2020 — Issue 578

Vermont runs on volunteerism and local leaders. They might serve as library trustees, as organizers of a local meal site, or in an elected seat on their Selectboard. Yet, while many people serve, not all can count on a network of peers or a way to learn new leadership skills to advance community projects. That's the impetus behind the launch of the Vermont Community Leadership Network, an online portal that will serve as a place for leaders of all stripes...

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Voices

In Gaza, echoes of the Warsaw Ghetto

By
Ann Buckingham
Wednesday, July 10, 2024 — Issue 744

PUTNEY-Thank you, Commons and Richard Evers, for publishing this honest piece on the war on Gaza. Too often throughout this sickening attack on Gazans, the majority of whom are children, the reporting has been strongly biased from the Israeli military point of view without questioning the veracity. The same does not hold true when Palestinians are interviewed; their comments are often qualified as in need of verification. During World War II, close to 500,000 Jews were crowded into the Warsaw...

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Arts

Benefit masquerade ball celebrates Day of the Dead

Wednesday, October 26, 2016 — Issue 380

The Arts Council of Windham County will hold its Baile De Los Muertos (Dance of the Dead) Masquerade Ball on Friday, Oct. 28, from 8 p.m. to midnight at the River Garden at 157 Main St. The fundraiser for the nonprofit, an all-volunteer organization that has worked to strengthen the environment for artists and arts organizations in Windham County since 1975, is a nod to the Mexican holiday Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead). The late-fall holiday focuses...

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