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Voices

Kids should work, but not to extreme

By
Ryan Dunn
Wednesday, January 3, 2018 — Issue 440

BRATTLEBORO — Did you know that kids and adults pick our food? I worked on a farm. I liked eating the mint.

I think it's good that kids pick our food. Kids should work for a little bit of time, but not for a whole day, so they can see their parents.

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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State OKs $22.7M expansion for BMH

By
Mike Faher
Wednesday, October 25, 2017 — Issue 431

State regulators have approved a $22.7 million expansion project designed to address “current and future facility needs” at Brattleboro Memorial Hospital. The project's centerpiece is a new, four-story, 20,180-square-foot building that will house bigger operating rooms, relocated medical offices, and an expanded cardiac rehabilitation area. The changes aren't expected to significantly boost patient numbers at BMH; in fact, the Green Mountain Care Board said the project will slightly reduce the hospital's operating margin for the next several years. But the...

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Voices

Requiring masks for customers at indoor businesses will lower risks

By
Linda Lyon and Everett Wilson
Wednesday, June 3, 2020 — Issue 564

Dear Governor Scott: Three times each week, we listen to your COVID-19 news conferences. We appreciate your patience, candor, and caution. You accept responsibility for decisions while, appropriately, deferring to your experts to provide precise and detailed answers to the questions. Your science-based approach generally increases our confidence in your decisions. However, you have yet to provide a science-based rationale for your decision to not require that business patrons wear masks. You and your colleagues refer to informal observations that...

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Arts

Awards to arts organizations to fund cultural infrastructure

Wednesday, September 15, 2021 — Issue 630

Four Windham County arts and community organizations have received Cultural Facilities Grants from the Vermont Arts Council. The organization recently awarded more than $300,000 to 17 such institutions around Vermont, calling the act “a critical investment in the state's aging cultural infrastructure.” According to a news release, the program supports capital improvements to town halls, theaters, library buildings, museums, community centers, and other public spaces where Vermonters gather for arts and cultural activities. The Vermont Legislature has also allocated an...

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