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Voices

A gift for all

By
Ed Lopata
Wednesday, January 6, 2016 — Issue 338

A love story. Breathing new life into unusual, forgotten properties is a gift for all.

May the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center's purchase inspire others to treasure history and not rebuild so fast. Thank you for sharing this piece.

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 ‘note’-worthy weekend

By
Taryn Heon
Wednesday, May 17, 2017 — Issue 408

“Every year that I go to All-State, it's inspiring to see the number of students in our state that really have a deep commitment to music making and music learning,” said Steve Rice, head of the Music Department and Band Director at Brattleboro Union High School. This year's 90th annual Vermont All-State Music Festival was held May 10-13 in Brattleboro. The festival offers Vermont's high school music students a chance to perform in a band, orchestra, chorus, or jazz ensemble...

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Voices

Life principle

By
Kevin O'Keefe
Wednesday, May 9, 2018 — Issue 458

Back in the early 1990s, I was a teacher at a junior high school for the arts in East Harlem, N.Y. There was an elementary school in our building as well. It was a dangerous time and place. If the weather was good, I rode my bike - at a very crisp pace - to school. If I took the subway from my apartment in SoHo, I sprinted the three blocks from the subway station to the school. One day,

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Arts

Jacob Estey and the Estey Organ Company featured on Brattleboro Words Trail podcast

Tuesday, October 1, 2024 — Issue 784

BRATTLEBORO-The September episode of the Brattleboro Words Trail Podcast told the story of how Jacob Estey and the Estey Organ Company put Brattleboro on the map and helped shape American popular culture in the second half of the 19th Century. The podcast is available for free on all podcast platforms at bit.ly/783-estey. The podcast release coincided with the Sept. 26–30 EsteyFest 24. This national reed organ conference attracted hundreds to Brattleboro, "site of the longest-lived and largest reed organ company...

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