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Voices

Remembering our veterans with gratitude

By
Melissa Jackson
Wednesday, November 8, 2017 — Issue 433

We at the Vermont Veterans' Home desire to express our gratitude to every U.S. military veteran, past and present, for their unwavering service to our country.

Let us all remember that, if not for their assurance of liberty, we would not have the rights and freedoms their sacrifice bestows on us all.

We live in the greatest nation on earth because of their commitment to duty, honor, and country.

Please join with me and thank our veterans and their families for their service on this Veterans' Day.

Voices

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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Marches, rallies honor civil rights icon's 'good trouble'

By
Randolph T. Holhut
Tuesday, July 22, 2025 — Issue 824

BRATTLEBORO-It started on the broiling side streets of downtown Brattleboro and ended just ahead of heavy rain at the Whetstone Pathway, but some 400 people still showed up for a "Good Trouble Lives On" pro-democracy march and rally on July 17. It was one of more than 1,600 peaceful, nonviolent events that were held around the nation on July 17 in memory of civil rights leader and lawmaker John Lewis, and inspired by his call that "when you see something...

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Voices

Single-payer in Vt.: What happened?

By
Peter Shumlin
Wednesday, October 4, 2017 — Issue 428

I think there are a few things that really reflect on single-payer health care. Let me start by saying that Senator Bernie Sanders and Senator Elizabeth Warren have it right with their Medicare for All bill. I say so as one who has been in the trenches, done more work on this issue than any other governor in America, I would argue, of actually figuring out how the mechanics would work. If we can simply say that we have a...

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Arts

Stitch by stitch

By
Richard Henke
Wednesday, October 17, 2018 — Issue 481

Everyone's favorite monster is coming to Brattleboro this Halloween season. For its annual Halloween Spectacular at the Hooker-Dunham Theater in downtown Brattleboro beginning Oct. 18, Shoot the Moon Theater Company will present Frankenstein. But which Frankenstein? As aficionados (and who isn't) know, there are many versions of this classic of horror. Originally, Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus was written by Mary Shelley on a bet among literary friends about who could come up with the scariest story. The group was...

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