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Voices

No price is too high for firefighters’ work

By
Amy Whaley
Wednesday, January 27, 2016 — Issue 341

BRATTLEBORO — Unfortunately, the cost to provide emergency shelter and protection in a different facility while preparing a permanent home for the fire department is guaranteed to cost the town of Brattleboro more than any previous estimate. Scrambling is extraordinarily expensive in time, energy, and resources.

The Brattleboro Fire Department is willing to place premium price tags on every life firefighters rescue 24/7. In the last five years, downtown Brattleboro has been literally saved more than once by the courageous men in the BFD.

I don't believe any price tag is too high for the kind of work the BFD has done and continues to do for the town they love.

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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‘Let’s go bigger’

By
Fran Lynggaard Hansen
Wednesday, February 9, 2022 — Issue 650

When Dana Sprague began thinking of how to commemorate the centennial of the Harris Hill Ski Jump in print about four years ago, he brought some ideas to his fellow trustees of Harris Hill Ski Jump Inc., the nonprofit that oversees all things Harris Hill. “My thought was doing a beautiful program for this anniversary, with beautiful photographs, a list of winners, record holders, and a few historical references,” said Sprague, a local historian. He was surprised when the group...

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Voices

What will be the lasting legacies of Covid?

By
Elayne Clift
Wednesday, October 12, 2022 — Issue 685

As the new Covid booster becomes available, it's good to see eligible people lining up to receive it. In addition to providing a new layer of protection against the virus, the vaccine is a reminder that the Covid pandemic is not over, despite changes in safety protocols that contribute to continued resistance to preventive behavior change. More frequently now people are unmasked in places that leave us vulnerable to infection and, if we aren't careful, we could see a resurgence...

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Arts

Stage 33 hosts Dan and Faith on March 27

Wednesday, March 23, 2022 — Issue 656

Multi-instrumentalist duo Dan and Faith return to Stage 33 Live, 33 Bridge St., for an intimate performance on Sunday, March 27, at 7 p.m. The husband-and-wife duo are old-school-folk singer-songwriter-storytellers whose writing and delivery have a direct line of descent from the earnest coffeehouse scene of the early 1960s - wholesome, progressive, and friendly, with a sound rooted in tight, interwoven vocal harmonies. Daniel Senie (guitar, harmonica, vocals) and Faith Senie (mandolin, bass, ukulele, dulcimer, vocals) have released five albums;

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