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Wednesday, September 14, 2016 — Issue 374

Frank the Welder

BELLOWS FALLS — 14 Granger St., Bellows Falls

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State will step in with food, heat aid if needed

Theo Wells-Spackman

-On Oct. 22, the Vermont Department for Children and Families (DCF) said it was directed...

Alvarez named Vermont Teacher of the Year

Virginia Ray

BRATTLEBORO-She started her own restaurant at the age of 20. Today, Linda Alvarez teaches young...

‘I don’t just want to read the landscape. I want to eat it.’

Joyce Marcel

NEWFANE-Mankind is a narrative species, argues Newfane author Deborah Lee Luskin, and hunting has been...

State’s task force fields questions about school redistricting

Virginia Ray

TOWNSHEND-The Vermont School Redistricting Task Force broke the folks assembled at Leland & Gray Union...

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‘They were tough times, but we made the best of it’

Fran Lynggaard Hansen

Tuesday, August 27, 2024 — Issue 779

DUMMERSTON-Eleanor Emery will turn 97 years old in October - a fact that she conveys with some pride. "Who knew?" Emery asks, throwing her head back and laughing. Born at the family home in West Guilford in 1927, Emery remains as sharp as a tack. This time of year often stirs two memories. The first is of the one-room District No. 1 schoolhouse, where Emery was a student from 1933 to 1941. "My school years were during the Great Depression.

Vote wisely — our way of life depends on it

Marshall Stanton

Wednesday, October 31, 2018 — Issue 483

I am troubled by what is happening in this country I love. Our electoral system has been under attack for some time via cyber meddling, media manipulation, voter suppression, gerrymandering, and other means. Abraham Lincoln, a great Republican, hoped that government of the people, by the people, for the people, would not perish from the Earth. What would he say about the far-right shift of his party? And how do you think Donald Trump would reply? Trump promised to be...

Sarasa Ensemble presents ‘Kaleidoscope’ at Brattleboro Music Center

Wednesday, November 17, 2021 — Issue 639

The Brattleboro Music Center's 2021–22 season Guest Series continues with the return of the Sarasa Ensemble, presenting “Kaleidoscope” on Saturday, Nov. 20, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $20 and $10 for students at bmcvt.org. Those younger than 18 can attend free. As described in a news release, the concert will feature “colorful, ever-changing shapes in music with youthful Rimsky-Korsakov, timeless Purcell, and the genius of C.P.E. Bach.” Two new short works by Mariel Mayz and Li Qi, co-commissioned by David...

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Wednesday, September 14, 2016 — Issue 374

Frank the Welder

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State will step in with food, heat aid if needed

Alvarez named Vermont Teacher of the Year

‘I don’t just want to read the landscape. I want to eat it.’

State’s task force fields questions about school redistricting

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‘They were tough times, but we made the best of it’

Fran Lynggaard Hansen

Tuesday, August 27, 2024 — Issue 779

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Vote wisely — our way of life depends on it

Marshall Stanton

Wednesday, October 31, 2018 — Issue 483

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Sarasa Ensemble presents ‘Kaleidoscope’ at Brattleboro Music Center

Wednesday, November 17, 2021 — Issue 639

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Wednesday, September 14, 2016 — Issue 374

Frank the Welder

State will step in with food, heat aid if needed

Alvarez named Vermont Teacher of the Year

‘I don’t just want to read the landscape. I want to eat it.’

State’s task force fields questions about school redistricting

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Wednesday, October 31, 2018 — Issue 483

Wednesday, November 17, 2021 — Issue 639

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