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Voices

Pesticides make kids sick

By
Connor Noyes-Urffer
Wednesday, January 3, 2018 — Issue 440

BRATTLEBORO — I would like to teach you about farming.

I have to say: Kids pick our food. Farm owners spray pesticides on the food. The pesticides make kids sick.

People who work in this profession should get $4 to $20 per bucket or bag.

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

Better safe than sorry

By
Randolph T. Holhut and Jeff Potter
Wednesday, May 3, 2017 — Issue 406

A small fire in an outdoor pizza oven wouldn't ordinarily warrant a three-alarm response. But when that pizza oven is attached to a downtown business block, caution is needed. There were no injuries and no serious damage reported on April 27 after a pizza oven caught fire in a shed behind Echo Restaurant & Lounge at 73 Main St. According to the Brattleboro Fire Department, Central Dispatch received a call at 8:29 a.m., reporting that smoke was seen coming from...

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Voices

Memories of summer past

By
Whit Wheeler
Wednesday, January 5, 2022 — Issue 645

As the cold of winter brings us in, I think back at last summer and the excitement of the Next Stage Arts Bandwagon Series that brought us out. Surprise, talent, and variety released in an outdoor venue that so countered the gloom of the pandemic that had consumed us. There was joy in the air! If you were not one of the lucky ones to attend, may your fortune be so this year. You will come home with a smile...

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Arts

Digital artist Anne Spalter discusses NFTs in BMAC online talk

Wednesday, May 5, 2021 — Issue 611

NFTs, or non-fungible tokens, have taken the art world by storm. In February, collectors and speculators spent more than $200 million on NFT-based artwork, memes, and GIFs, and that was before digital artist Mike Winkelmann, known as Beeple, sold a piece at famed auction house Christie's on March 11 for $69 million - the third-highest price ever fetched by a living artist. But what exactly are NFTs, why are they commanding such astronomical prices, and what effect are they having...

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