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Voices

We had to abandon our house

By
Ted Hartke
Wednesday, December 16, 2015 — Issue 336

Windham residents need to protect their community from all wind developers.

InvEnergy's application in Vermilion County, Ill. said that the noise would not cause sleep disturbance. Eleven months after InvEnergy's turbines started operations 1,665 feet and 2,225 feet from our home, we abandoned it to move to a mobile home trailer 8 miles away.

That was in December 2013. Our house remains for sale, and there are no prospective buyers. Nobody wants to live in a wind farm. We are stuck with a wonderful house next to health-destroying wind turbines.

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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A new housing model for Brattleboro

By
Randolph T. Holhut and Jeff Potter
Wednesday, December 21, 2016 — Issue 388

At a Nov. 15 Brattleboro Selectboard meeting, Windham & Windsor Housing Trust Executive Director Connie Snow announced that her nonprofit has an option to buy the Lamplighter Motel on Putney Road. The Housing Trust and Groundworks Collaborative are teaming up on a $4.3 million plan that would convert the Lamplighter into 22 fully-contained apartments. There would also be a community center and green space in the middle of the complex. The apartments would be about 350 square feet, and each...

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Voices

Priorities

By
Byron Stookey
Wednesday, June 8, 2022 — Issue 667

Since gun regulation is going to be a struggle, and right now it has maximum public attention and support, we should focus on issue one: outlawing automatic rifles. Focus on that because it's key and, if we succeed, it would take guns off the top of the national agenda. And that would make it more likely that attention could be paid to global warming, currently largely ignored by government and the public. In this country abortion and Trumpism in general...

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Arts

Tales and Tunes

Wednesday, April 25, 2018 — Issue 456

“Tales and Tunes,” a benefit performance for Cynthia Payne-Meyer, will be held on Sunday, April 29, at 4 p.m., at the New England Youth Theatre on Flat Street. This event features a dozen professional storytellers and musicians from throughout New England. Payne-Meyer experienced a life-altering accident last year, and this fundraiser will help with the cost of much-needed physical therapy equipment. Her background as a storyteller and educator makes this a particularly appropriate fundraiser. The performers from throughout New England...

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