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Voices

Thanks for making our event a sucess

By
Jill Spiro
Wednesday, November 19, 2014 — Issue 281

BRATTLEBORO — A great big thank you to all the folks who made the Windham & Windsor Housing Trust fundraising event a huge success!

Thank you, Mavis Staples, for coming to southern Vermont.

Partnering with all our business supporters, all our playbill advertisers, our tireless volunteers, and more than 500 people who attended the concert made this special night happen.

This was more than just a fundraising event. It was a great evening out at the beautifully restored Bellows Falls Opera House, an evening filled to the brim with friends and neighbors who support Windham & Windsor Housing Trust year after year, project after project - all there to lend their support once again.

Thanks to all the individuals who made this evening possible, and thank you for joining with us in creating community! Stay tuned for info on our 2015 fall event.

Voices

Town Meeting: an extremely rare direct democracy

By
Bahman Mahdavi

NEWFANE-Town Meeting, a state holiday usually held on the first Tuesday in March, is a...

In support of judges

By
Meg Lucas

This letter, submitted by Meg Lucas, is co-signed by Nancy Witherill (Bartonsville), Sherry Maher (Athens),

Ten ways you are being burned by billionaires

By
Chuck Collins

Chuck Collins is a researcher, campaigner, and storyteller based at the Institute for Policy Studies,

When debt crowds out defense

By
Jim Freedman

Jim Freedman is a leadership consultant and author. BRATTLEBORO-In the 18th century, Scottish Enlightenment thinker...

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What we know

By
MacLean Gander
Wednesday, April 22, 2020 — Issue 558

The physical distancing that has been imposed in Vermont to challenge the spread of COVID-19 has so far had a good effect. Unlike the situation in states like New York and New Jersey, the curve of spread of the novel coronavirus that causes the disease has already begun to flatten. According to recent statistics provided by the Vermont Department of Health, fewer than 900 people have been diagnosed with COVID-19, out of more than 11,000 people tested. In Windham County,

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Voices

We worked for it. Why should we pick up the tab?

By
Dan Jeffries
Wednesday, March 6, 2019 — Issue 500

There is no end to the demand for new programs or additional or upgraded infrastructure in our community. A lot of the proposals can be very desirable but lack funding. In pursuit of funding, advocates routinely target people categorized as having the “ability to pay.” Who are these people with the “ability to pay,” and how did they get it? While there is certainly a very small number of people in this community who got it handed to them, I...

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Arts

From figurative painting to ice shanties

Wednesday, October 14, 2020 — Issue 583

Six new exhibits open at the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center (BMAC) on Saturday, Oct. 24, including an important survey of mid-20th century figurative painting, solo shows featuring Andy Yoder and Rachel Portesi, an exhibit about ice shanties organized by the Vermont Folklife Center and paired with Erik Hoffner's striking photographs of ice fishing holes, and an installation by Cynthia Parker-Houghton created as part of the Brattleboro Words Project. An opening reception for the artists and a small number of...

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