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Voices

A brilliant choice for librarian

By
Kathleen O'Dean
Wednesday, November 25, 2015 — Issue 333

I am a long-time colleague of Starr's and a big fan. Brattleboro has made a brilliant choice! The town will reap rewards for years to come. I wish she were library director in my town.

Congratulations, Starr! Brooks Memorial Library is very lucky.

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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Town takes precautionary actions in response to COVID-19 outbreak

Wednesday, March 4, 2020 — Issue 551

Town officials are updating emergency plans and coordinating extensively with other first responders, health care providers, and community leaders in southeastern Vermont to be ready if the COVID-19 coronavirus becomes present here. As of March 2, cases of COVID-19 had been confirmed in Massachusetts and New Hampshire, but no cases had yet been confirmed in Vermont. In a news release, Town Manager Peter Elwell told residents that state and federal agencies “are urging people in areas like ours where the...

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Voices

Planet Hank is at our door

By
Anne Henshaw
Tuesday, October 28, 2025 — Issue 838

Anne Henshaw is an independent educational consultant and advocate for disability rights. CHESTER-On Oct. 18, at the GOP counter-rally to Chester's No Kings protest, Hank Poitras stood in front of about 60 people and did what he always does: sold himself. If you don't know him, Mr. Poitras runs a brand called "Planet Hank" out of Brattleboro - part podcast, part "news" channel, part traveling self-promotion tour. He's the new chair of the Brattleboro Town Republican Committee and has spent...

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Arts

Multi-instrumentalist Owen Nied to perform in Bellows Falls

Wednesday, January 1, 2020 — Issue 542

After appearing as an opening act in August, multi-instrumentalist Owen Nied returns as the main event to the Stage 33 Live listening room, 33 Bridge St., on Jan. 5. Nied's original music spans edgy pop, jazz, blues, rock and hip hop, and his influences include artists as diverse as Wes Montgomery, Les Paul, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jack White, Jeff Beck, Brian Wilson, B.B. King, Dick Dale, Tony Bennett, Dave Brubeck, Chet Atkins, and Ella Fitzgerald, according to a news release.

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