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Maybe try walking

By
Jeremy White
Wednesday, October 12, 2016 — Issue 378

WILMINGTON — Maybe try walking, since you can't drive safely (so you say). And slow the hell down if you can't stop. Genius.

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Southern Vermont has been here before

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Adam Grinold

Adam Grinold is executive director of the Brattleboro Development Credit Corporation. For more about the...

A fully democratic process

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Dan DeWalt

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

A resistance emboldened by love

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Meg Mott

Meg Mott is professor emerita of Marlboro College and Emerson College and describes herself as...

Town Meeting: an extremely rare direct democracy

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Bahman Mahdavi

NEWFANE-Town Meeting, a state holiday usually held on the first Tuesday in March, is a...

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Free BIPOC hair clinic on May 27

Wednesday, May 24, 2023 — Issue 716

The Root Social Justice Center will hold a free BIPOC hair clinic for all ages on Saturday, May 27. As explained in a Facebook post from the racial justice organizing and community group, Black people, Indigenous people, and people of color “have a variety of hair types and textures that require hair care that just isn't centered when we live and exist in predominantly white spaces.” With hair stylists versed in working with BIPOC clients unavailable in the Brattleboro area,

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Voices

Hydro companies must engage Native voices

By
Kathy Urffer
Wednesday, July 14, 2021 — Issue 621

For hundreds of years, the Indigenous history of the Northeast has been systematically erased. It is time to speak up to make sure that the federal government and power companies do not continue that bitter legacy. Five hydroelectric facilities on the Connecticut River are renewing their operating licenses under the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). Later this summer, the public will have an opportunity to weigh in on terms for these licenses, which will impact more than 175 miles of...

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In-Sight Photography Project offers in-person photography classes for youth this summer

Wednesday, June 2, 2021 — Issue 615

In-Sight Photography Project, 183 Main St., will begin an in-person summer session of photography classes for ages 11–18 on June 21. Participants with all skill levels, creative interests, identities, and financial backgrounds are welcome. No one will be turned away for lack of ability to pay class fees, and no scholarship application is required. In-Sight offers both digital and analog classes at the beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels, and the nonprofit has served more than 3,000 youth since 1992. This...

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