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Voices

Thanks for the memories of Packer Corners

By
Dale Evans Cronemiller
Wednesday, May 3, 2017 — Issue 406

Memories of long ago: walking the road from Packer Corners to Johnson Pasture and the people there.

Great description of the communes of the day and, of course, dogs in general and Barf Barf's story in particular.

Thanks.

Voices

What has the U.S. done?

By
Kate Kenner

GUILFORD-So Trump has been elected - again. If last time was bad, this time will...

Keeping faith in ‘interesting times’

By
The Beloved Community VT

The writers note that they originally sent this letter to their congregation. "We offer it...

Election results: obvious, but still shocking

By
M.N. Scherbatskoy

WESTMINSTER WEST-Thank you to David Brooks for clearly saying in his Nov. 8 New York...

We’ve become a business with a community problem

By
Hannah Sorila

Hannah Sorila is a writer and community organizer who aims to align intention and impact...

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News

Brattleboro makes a bid to shift power

By
Olga Peters
Wednesday, September 25, 2019 — Issue 529

A coalition of towns is trying to shift some authority from the state level to the towns in the upcoming legislative session. Brattleboro and other interested towns, along with the nonprofit Vermont League of Cities and Towns, are spearheading the effort. “It's going to be a really heavy lift in the House,” said Gwynn Zakov, the nonprofit League's municipal policy advocate, who updated the Brattleboro Selectboard on the effort to create a municipal self-governance pilot program at the board's Sept.

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Voices

A lot of activity (and a cameo by a naked man)

By
Dan Barile
Wednesday, May 27, 2020 — Issue 563

On May 20, I pulled off Exit 2 in Brattleboro, proceeded briefly down Route 9, and then pulled into a church parking lot to make a phone call. As I was entering the parking lot, I noticed a naked man exiting his vehicle. While I could have done without seeing a dude in his birthday suit on one of my infrequent trips into public during this pandemic, I still decided to make my call there. With that said, I made...

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Arts

Rock River Players present ‘The Fantasticks’

Wednesday, July 12, 2017 — Issue 416

The Rock River Players present The Fantasticks by Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones July 19-23 at Williamsville Hall on Dover Road. The Fantasticks tells an allegorical story, loosely based on the play The Romancers (Les Romanesques) by Edmond Rostand, about two neighboring parents who, by pretending to feud, trick their children, Luisa and Matt, into falling in love. The mothers - fathers in most productions - hire traveling actors to stage a mock abduction, so that Matt can heroically “save”

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