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Voices

Anti-gun supporters like Braden in the same class as pedophiles

By
Jerome Cook
Wednesday, October 26, 2016 — Issue 380

GunSense VT Executive Director Ann Braden will never be a true Vermonter. She is just like Hillary Clinton - a pure liar.

Braden will do anything possible to make her silly little fears trump our Vermont and U.S. Constitutional rights.

I put all anti-gun supporters like Braden and her supporters in the same class as pedophiles: the lowest of the low.

If Ann Braden and her followers don't like Vermont gun laws, they should move to states that have strict gun laws. Don't mess with what works for Vermont.

When Donald Trump becomes president - and he will - her head will explode, and her stupid, lying organization will finally collapse.

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Planet Hank is at our door

By
Anne Henshaw

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

Danger to the Constitution

By
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

By
Michael Pelton

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

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COVID-19 will affect processes for town meetings, elections

Wednesday, January 13, 2021 — Issue 595

Consent of Candidate forms for municipal elections on Town Meeting Day, Tuesday, March 2, are now available from town clerks around Windham County. Because of a one-year change in Vermont state law due to the COVID-19 pandemic, petition requirements have been waived for candidates to have their names placed on the ballots for this election. Instead, a Consent of Candidate form (bit.ly/595-consent-of-candidate) must be filed by 5 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 25. Forms can be mailed or emailed to your...

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Voices

Bernie had it all

By
Dave Boliver
Wednesday, November 30, 2016 — Issue 385

I, for one, am still royally pissed off at the Democratic National Committee for its disgraceful handling of Bernie Sanders' campaign. He was the person to back and support for the presidential nomination. Your assessment of the state of the Democratic Party is right on. I would not support either of the two major-party candidates, and am still amazed how anyone could vote for a person like Donald Trump. I understand why people voted for him, but the things he's...

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Arts

Making it believable

By
Alyssa Grosso
Tuesday, August 26, 2025 — Issue 829

-With 20 paintings in a range of artistic styles, The Crowell Art Gallery at Moore Free Library's current exhibit, "The Art of Illusion," sets a goal: to "create something that isn't there and make it believable." Artist Nancy Calicchio would love people to respond "to not only the traditional landscapes I've been painting for a number of years and showing, but also for some of the almost abstract landscapes that I'm showing in this show," she says. The exhibit runs...

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