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Voices

Bad alimony law

By
Tammy Bickford
Wednesday, February 24, 2016 — Issue 345

Alimony reform is much needed. Vermont needs it more than any other state, considering the ex-spouse is allowed to get remarried and still receive the alimony. That is abhorrent.

Bad law is allowing too many people to take advantage.

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

Brattleboro Selectboard eases rules for indoor masking

By
Kevin O'Connor
Wednesday, March 9, 2022 — Issue 654

As most Vermonters talked up Town Meeting Day last week, Brattleboro government leaders - who spent months actively pushing for a state law allowing municipal mask mandates - needed only 10 minutes to quietly lift their own. Though Windham County has among the lowest regional COVID-19 case rates, Brattleboro officials know the conversation isn't over. “People are going to feel differently about it,” Selectboard member Daniel Quipp said at a meeting overshadowed by the reporting of vote results. “Some will...

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Voices

Men! Listen. Don’t challenge. Absorb.

By
Scott Kaltonbaugh
Wednesday, March 29, 2017 — Issue 401

Listen up, men! No, not to me. Listen to everyone around you who is not male. Look, it is far too easy to run on the assumption that everyone's experiences are like our own. When we take a second to think about it, we know this isn't true, but still we often relate to people under the idea that their lives have essentially been like ours. If we speak up in a meeting and get listened to, then surely that...

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Arts

Bandwagon Series hosts New Orleans performer

Wednesday, September 28, 2022 — Issue 683

The Next Stage Bandwagon Summer Series presents Glen David Andrews, “The Crown Prince of Tremé and New Orleans' most charismatic live performer,” on Sunday, Oct. 2, at 3 p.m., at The Putney Inn, 57 Putney Landing Road. “New Orleans music goes straight to the soul, and I can't think of a better artist than Glen David Andrews who exudes that energy and brings it onto the stage,” says Keith Marks, Executive Director at Next Stage Arts, said in a news...

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