Perfect satisfaction record

Reg McGivern

Wednesday, October 12, 2016 — Issue 378

BELLOWS FALLS — As a small-business owner, I have found myself in Dunklee's numerous times and have always left a satisfied customer, for much less than I was expecting.

Voices

Seeing difference as a strength, not a weakness

Marc Thurman

Marc Thurman is the director of the Centers for Diversity and Inclusion at Landmark College.

Irony and hypocrisy

Karen Tyler

BRATTLEBORO-Charlie Kirk very publicly said that he believed it was worth the cost of a...

Trump and Republicans are trampling on our most sacred freedoms

Stephen Stearns

BRATTLEBORO-Are you thinking about our Constitution's First Amendment today? I am. Before our revolution in...

We need to come out for the next No Kings march on Oct. 18

Dan DeWalt

WILLIAMSVILLE-Every day we wake up to news of yet another assault on our Constitution and...

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Officials: Brattleboro I-91 bridge project will be done by end of year

For more than two years, Interstate 91 traffic has bottlenecked at the site of a $60 million bridge-replacement project. But officials say there is light at the end of the construction zone: A new, 1,036-foot-long bridge is expected to be ready for four lanes of traffic sometime later this year. Given that the traffic flow originally was supposed to be restored in late 2015, “we're not where we want to be with the schedule,” acknowledged David Hoyne, the state Agency...

What if Slate Ridge issue involved a Black man?

Nancy Braus

Wednesday, March 30, 2022 — Issue 657

Here is a thought experiment for Vermonters: Picture, if you can, Daniel Banyai, owner of the Slate Ridge property in West Pawlet, as a Black man. How long do you think an illegal firearms and militia training school would last? And how would the national media portray a Black man offering classes in carjacking? That alone would be an international story for the far right to share: “The snowflake government of the state of Vermont is allowing a thug to...

‘Every Day Is Mother’s Day’ concert at All Souls Church

Wednesday, April 24, 2024 — Issue 762

WEST BRATTLEBORO-Activist singer-songwriting and folk music icons, Sally Rogers, Claudia Schmidt, and Emma's Revolution join together for a benefit concert at All Souls Church in West Brattleboro on Thursday, May 2, at 7 p.m. Funds are being raised for "Standing Together," a grassroots movement mobilizing Jewish and Palestinian citizens of Israel in pursuit of peace, equality, and social and climate justice. "At a time when we are all trying to come to terms with what's happening in Israel and Palestine,

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Perfect satisfaction record

Reg McGivern

Wednesday, October 12, 2016 — Issue 378

Voices

Seeing difference as a strength, not a weakness

Irony and hypocrisy

Trump and Republicans are trampling on our most sacred freedoms

We need to come out for the next No Kings march on Oct. 18

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Officials: Brattleboro I-91 bridge project will be done by end of year

Mike Faher

Wednesday, January 20, 2016 — Issue 340

Voices

What if Slate Ridge issue involved a Black man?

Nancy Braus

Wednesday, March 30, 2022 — Issue 657

Arts

‘Every Day Is Mother’s Day’ concert at All Souls Church

Wednesday, April 24, 2024 — Issue 762

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