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Voices

Handle with care

By
Laura Kaskur
Wednesday, May 25, 2016 — Issue 358

One compromised spent-fuel canister could deliver an 1850 msv dose of radiation to the population within 1 mile.

I really don't think it's a good idea to be moving this stuff around too much.

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Planet Hank is at our door

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Anne Henshaw

Anne Henshaw is an independent educational consultant and advocate for disability rights. CHESTER-On Oct. 18,

Danger to the Constitution

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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

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Michael Pelton

Michael Pelton, a farm owner and operator and engaged community member, serves on the Windham...

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Heady ambitions

By
Olga Peters
Wednesday, December 2, 2015 — Issue 334

Christophe Gagné and Avery Schwenk, whose brewery, Hermit Thrush Brewery, turned one year old last month, are the poster children for doing what you love. Big smiles and a loyal following of beer lovers must also come with doing work they love, because Gagné and Schwenk have lots of both. They celebrated at their High Street tasting room and brewery with an open house Nov. 21, complete with 600 guests, beer, food, and tours of their 1,300-square-foot expansion. The new...

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Marlboro voters: keep grades 7 and 8 in town

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Dan MacArthur//Nelli Sargsyan
Wednesday, February 15, 2023 — Issue 702

Dear fellow Marlboro Residents, We are writing to you as members of the Marlboro community and also as two current members of the Marlboro School Board. The opinions expressed in this letter are ours alone and are not meant to represent the thinking of the entire board. The ballots have now been mailed for the 2023 Marlboro School District voting, and we hope that you will join us in voting no on Article 10 on the upcoming school district warning.

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Hospice plans benefit screening of ‘Wild’ at Latchis

Wednesday, June 5, 2019 — Issue 513

The Oscar-nominated film Wild, starring Reese Witherspoon, will be shown in the main theater of the Latchis on Sunday, June 16, at 4 p.m., in honor of Wild's author Cheryl Strayed visiting Brattleboro later in June. Watch Strayed's adventure unfold on a big screen along the striking Pacific Crest Trail before seeing her live at the Latchis on June 25. Suggested admission for the film is $10. At 26, grieving the death of her mother, Strayed hiked more than a...

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