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Voices

About time

By
Darren Tessitore
Wednesday, September 9, 2015 — Issue 322

It's about time! I've had enough of institutions like the Brattleboro Retreat stealing our hard-earned tax dollars in the name of “mental health.”

We should all applaud whistleblower Thomas Joseph and anyone like him. Well done!

Voices

What has the U.S. done?

By
Kate Kenner

GUILFORD-So Trump has been elected - again. If last time was bad, this time will...

Keeping faith in ‘interesting times’

By
The Beloved Community VT

The writers note that they originally sent this letter to their congregation. "We offer it...

Election results: obvious, but still shocking

By
M.N. Scherbatskoy

WESTMINSTER WEST-Thank you to David Brooks for clearly saying in his Nov. 8 New York...

We’ve become a business with a community problem

By
Hannah Sorila

Hannah Sorila is a writer and community organizer who aims to align intention and impact...

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News

A bikemaker grows in Bellows Falls

By
Wendy M. Levy
Wednesday, March 21, 2018 — Issue 451

Frank Wadelton - also known as “Frank the Welder” - will soon move his Granger Street bicycle fabrication shop a few yards to the south. These plans are in response to a business need - he needs more manufacturing space, a showroom, and an office - and what Wadelton deems an economic and cultural need: an “adventure center” for electric-assist bicycle rentals and guides to local trails. Wadelton wants to make Bellows Falls an electric-bicycle destination. in 2006, Frank the...

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Voices

Ken Bloom: ‘It is time that all of Vernon’s voices are not only heard, but represented’

By
Ken Bloom
Wednesday, February 22, 2023 — Issue 703

I believe that there needs to be more of a balance in leadership in our beautiful town, and I will use my years of involvement in the community to do just that. I know how to help in times of need. During Covid, I launched my take-out/catering business Bloomin' Italian and helped keep the Vernon community fed, as I still do to this day. As the Events Committee chair of the Friends of Vernon Center, I know what it takes...

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Arts

Marlboro College alumni present talk on Shakespeare, ‘Party Bard’ podcast

Wednesday, October 9, 2019 — Issue 531

Marlboro College presents a talk and discussion by alumni Molly Booth '14 and Jack Rossiter-Munley '12, hosts of a Shakespeare-focused podcast called Party Bard, on Saturday, Oct. 12, at 7 p.m. They will be joined by T. Hunter Wilson, Marlboro writing and literature faculty emeritus, who helped inspire their love of writing and Shakespeare. This event is free and open to the public, and will be held in Marlboro's Whittemore Theater, site of many Shakespeare productions over the years. The...

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