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Voices

Partridge: Thanks for your support

By
Rep. Carolyn Partridge
Wednesday, November 26, 2014 — Issue 282

WINDHAM — Thanks, voters, for your support on Nov. 4.

I am honored by the trust you have placed in me and will do my best to work hard for and represent you.

Please do not hesitate to contact me with your thoughts, ideas, or concerns. I can be reached by mail at 1612 Old Cheney Rd., Windham, VT 05359, by phone at 802-874-4182, and by email at cpartridge@leg.state.vt.us.

During the legislative session starting on Jan. 7, 2015, I can be reached Tuesday through Friday at the Statehouse at 115 State St., Drawer 33, Montpelier, VT 05633-5201, and by phone, toll free, at 800-322-5616. Please leave a message with the sergeant-at-arms, and I will respond to you as quickly as possible.

Thanks again for your support. Together we govern!

Voices

What has the U.S. done?

By
Kate Kenner

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Keeping faith in ‘interesting times’

By
The Beloved Community VT

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By
M.N. Scherbatskoy

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We’ve become a business with a community problem

By
Hannah Sorila

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News

Galbraith announces candidacy for governor

By
Olga Peters
Wednesday, March 23, 2016 — Issue 349

A former U.S. ambassador and two-time state senator for Windham County, Peter Galbraith, entered the Vermont gubernatorial race today. Galbraith, a Democrat, says his campaign will focus in part on improving economic justice in Vermont. Like economic justice and income inequality, there are issues critical to the state that the other candidates aren't talking about, he said. Voters shouldn't expect him to make grand campaign promises, Galbraith warned. Galbraith said that if elected, he would focus on the issues over...

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Voices

Power to the people

By
George Harvey
Wednesday, November 8, 2017 — Issue 433

Many people in southeastern Vermont have been aware of the GoFundMe campaign that was set up by Joseph Mangum, of Sunnyside Solar in West Brattleboro. It is collecting donations to provide solar systems for people in need in Puerto Rico. Sunnyside Solar has a long history. It was founded by Richard Gottlieb and Carol Levin, selling its first photovoltaic (PV) panel in 1983. At that time, many people did not even know solar panels were available, but Gottlieb was already...

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Arts

Sculptor Art Costa discusses his BMAC exhibit ‘Sounds Deep’ on Dec. 14

Tuesday, December 5, 2023 — Issue 743

When Vermont sculptor Art Costa first read The Soul of an Octopus, he says, he was fascinated by author Sy Montgomery's description of her friendship with an eight-legged "extraterrestrial." Curious about other organisms living far below the surface of the ocean, Costa dove into research that became his most recent body of work, "Sounds Deep," currently on view at the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center (BMAC). On Thursday, Dec. 14, at 7 p.m., Costa joins BMAC Director of Exhibitions Sarah...

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