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Focus on Act 46

On towns’ options for school choice and the pressure for change
Wednesday, May 4, 2016 — Issue 355

• Viewpoint: Education Secretary Rebecca Holcombe on towns' ultimate autonomy in offering school choice to their respective students.

• Counterpoint: Compass School Director Rick Gordon responds to Holcombe's piece.

• Viewpoint: David Schoales, a member of the Brattleboro Selectboard and Town School Board, offers his personal point of view on the rush to change.

Voices

In support of our asylum-seeking neighbors

By
Alexandra Van Dyck

BRATTLEBORO-I want to express my support for those of my neighbors, the children at my...

Breaching flag protocol is a sign of disrespect

By
Hank Lange

BRATTLEBORO-It's good to see the American flag flying at half-staff again after the exoneration of...

Lesson from Nazi Germany: Persecution begins with personal data

By
The Beloved Community VT

BRATTLEBORO-The incoming president has now signed pardons for the violent treasonous folks who stormed the...

The cognitive dissonance of ‘holocaust’ and ‘happen’

By
Lisa Chase

Lisa Chase is retired and lives in Putney, where she is a member of the...

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News

Advocates will seek $200 million from state for housing needs

By
Ellen Pratt
Wednesday, January 3, 2024 — Issue 746

For the first time, Vermont's affordable housing and homelessness advocates have joined forces and are calling for more than $200 million in public funding to address the state's housing and homelessness crises. Prioritizing the urgent need for more permanently affordable housing - housing built on the condition that rents will always be capped - the Housing & Homelessness Alliance of Vermont (HHAV) is asking the Vermont Legislature for $160 million in one-time funding for the Vermont Housing & Conservation Board...

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Voices

Emily Murphy Kaur, Brattleboro Town School Board

By
Emily Murphy Kaur
Wednesday, February 27, 2019 — Issue 499

I ask your support in my campaign for a one-year term on the Brattleboro School Board. With the merger remaining unconfirmed, we sit at the crossroads of an uncertain future, of which my background in teaching, district level policymaking, and grant writing can be uniquely utilized to advocate in support of our community. Having started my career as a public school teacher of students with significant disabilities, I've had a lot of experience working with teachers, school directors, and superintendents,

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Arts

Celebrating the clarinet

By
Victoria Chertok
Wednesday, November 16, 2022 — Issue 690

When cellist Tim Merton isn't managing his maple sugar operation on his property in Putney, where he produces 1,500 gallons of maple syrup per year, he's rehearsing Brahms or Beethoven for an upcoming Sarasa concert. Merton serves as co-director of the internationally acclaimed Sarasa Ensemble, which he founded 24 years ago because “I wanted to decide who I was going to play chamber music with and what the repertoire would be. This was the easiest and best way to do...

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