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Voices

Employee loyalty

By
Kim Perkins Jillson
Wednesday, July 15, 2015 — Issue 314

DUMMERSTON — It's sad when you're a devoted employee for decades and when you leave it's no big thing to an employer.

People wonder why no one wants to work at one place for long.

Voices

Here’s how you can get in touch with federal lawmakers

By
Lori Larue

WESTMINSTER-A few days ago, I texted some of my family members to call their representatives...

What will it take for us to get louder and more visible?

By
Calvin Dame

BRATTLEBORO-There has been an unrelenting assault on our culture and our country since the inauguration...

Attack on cultural diversity is mean, shameful, intentional

By
Paul Weber

TOWNSHEND-Several weeks ago, a Peruvian fisherman, stranded in the ocean for months, was miraculously found...

Trump’s attacks on immigrants threaten all of us

By
Lachlan Francis

Lachlan Francis chairs the Windham County Democratic Committee. He adds: "I'm proud that in Windham...

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News

Putney garage, recovering from fire, bustles again

By
Virginia Ray
Wednesday, March 2, 2022 — Issue 653

After four months being closed, it's busy again at Rod's Towing & Repairs. “We've gone from zero to 100 overnight,” said co-owner Julie Winchester of the reopening of her family's business following its destruction in a fire in October. “We're so thankful. It's super busy. It's a little challenging working in a smaller space with uneven floors and in two buildings,” she said. “We haven't finished, so we have no waiting room or front counter,” Winchester continued. “The only thing...

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Beautiful flowers in Brattleboro

By
Sarah Bowen
Wednesday, July 26, 2017 — Issue 418

I'm writing in appreciation of the beautiful flowers we have throughout downtown Brattleboro this summer! Our quality of life is higher because of these flowers. Many thanks to those who are responsible for them.

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Arts

‘Creative Relations’ exhibit at 118 Elliot to close with screening of ‘Through Her Mind’s Eye’

Wednesday, June 22, 2022 — Issue 669

118 Elliot Gallery's “Creative Relations'' exhibit will close on Sunday, June 26, at 5 p.m., with the first full screening of Through Her Mind's Eye, a film by local artist John Loggia, made with compelling Super 8 and 8mm film footage his mother, Marjorie Sloan Loggia, shot of people, the places they inhabit, and the things they do around the world. “Loggia''s score combines with his mother's compelling eye to tell an abstract yet emotional story that begins with a...

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