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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

VJC concert raises $6,000 for Heat Fund

By
Windham County Heat Fund

BRATTLEBORO-On behalf of the Windham County Heat Fund and your friends and neighbors who benefit...

Thanks to Rescue for pre-op safety check

By
Sharon Couturier

BRATTLEBORO-Open your door to Rescue Inc. for a pre-operation safety check of your living space.

Uphold the rule of law

By
Natalie Silver

Natalie Silver, a political consultant, submitted this open letter on behalf of more than 200...

What’s next? Working with, and looking out for, one another.

By
Dan DeWalt

Dan DeWalt, a frequent contributor to these pages and one of the founders of this...

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Gallery Walk returns to Brattleboro

By
Alyssa Grosso
Wednesday, May 11, 2022 — Issue 663

The Downtown Brattleboro Alliance's monthly Gallery Walk launched its 2022 season on May 6 and will continue the community celebration on the first Friday of each month from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. through December. Gallery Walk started as a gallery tour and was originally sponsored by the Arts Council of Windham County. At the beginning of the pandemic, the Downtown Brattleboro Alliance took over the program and created a series of virtual events. The DBA successfully put on six...

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Voices

The changing landscape

By
Muriel Wolf
Wednesday, April 8, 2020 — Issue 556

This morning, as I looked out my window to the mountain and river, I watched a drifting tunnel of fog kiss the surface of the water, then ascend until my house was embraced by its soft, white arms. Just below the house, the ancient beech tree - where each spring a dozen turkey vultures simultaneously alight and spread their enormous wings in mating posture - now appeared as a mysterious ghost of itself. And I stood before it in my...

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Arts

Six area performers perform in SOLOs

Wednesday, January 13, 2021 — Issue 595

SOLOs Episode 3 - a video montage of monologue and song by six area performers filmed by Brattleboro Community Television - premieres simultaneously on BCTV and on YouTube Friday, Jan. 15 at 7:30 p.m. The free opening showing is capped with an online session at 8:15 p.m., where audience members can chat with cast, directors, producers, and technical staff. Each episode of SOLOs is a co-production of the Rock River Players (RRP) and the Hooker-Dunham Theater, filmed on the stage...

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