Woolly buggers

Jim Austin

Friday, June 5, 2009 — Issue 40

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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...

STORY FOOTER GOES HERE

The closing of the 83-year-old Hotel Pharmacy on Elliot Street on Jan. 17 marked the end of so many eras like a Shakespearian tragedy without the poetry. Much sadness. Many tears. Emptying shelves. Emptying space. A sense of emptying lives. The end of family-run pharmacies in Brattleboro. The end of owner Mary Giamartino’s long-held desire to help people. The end of 20 important, well-paying jobs. The end of a small community of people who depended on the staff of the...

Piece intended to educate on one aspect of marijuana use

Michelle Bos-Lun

Wednesday, May 21, 2014 — Issue 255

I am not sure where Daniel Cohen got the idea that (to quote his letter) the piece I wrote [“Buzz kill,” Viewpoint, April 16] “wants to maintain the thoroughly useless, life-destroying, tax-funded War on Drugs.” My intention (as stated in the piece) was to “educate, not legislate.” From my Viewpoint: “Should legalization occur, the state Legislature would certainly need to include funding for major educational programs to inform youth and parents about the connections between marijuana and mental health.” My...

Forces beyond control

Victoria Chertok

Wednesday, February 7, 2024 — Issue 751

A new documentary film, Underdog, comes to the Latchis Theatre in Brattleboro on Wednesday, Feb. 28 to shine a light on one Vermont dairy farmer and his struggle to survive during these challenging times. As described by the filmmakers, in the film, "a quixotic Vermont dairy farmer risks losing the only home he's ever known to chase his dreams of dog mushing in Alaska. In the era of the pandemic, the resonance of Doug [Butler]'s journey extends to all who...

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Woolly buggers

Jim Austin

Friday, June 5, 2009 — Issue 40

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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STORY FOOTER GOES HERE

News

‘I had nothing left’

Joyce Marcel

Wednesday, January 25, 2023 — Issue 699

Voices

Piece intended to educate on one aspect of marijuana use

Michelle Bos-Lun

Wednesday, May 21, 2014 — Issue 255

Arts

Forces beyond control

Victoria Chertok

Wednesday, February 7, 2024 — Issue 751

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