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Voices

Who pays the taxes?

By
Byron Stookey
Wednesday, March 7, 2018 — Issue 449

BRATTLEBORO — Last year, on U.S. profits of $5.6 billion, Amazon didn't pay federal income tax.

The company's “warehouse associates,” who work at $12.63 per hour, did.

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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‘What a remarkable and brave group of young people’

By
Annie Landenberger
Tuesday, February 4, 2025 — Issue 801

BRATTLEBORO-More than 80 adults ages 19 to 26 have come to town from Somalia, South Sudan, Syria, Iraq, and Ethiopia to engage in college prep. Through Welcome Corps on Campus, a U.S. Department of State program that empowers U.S. colleges and universities to enroll and support refugee students through the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program, the School for International Training (SIT) opened its classrooms and dorms to welcome these students chosen to participate from among several thousand WCC applicants. At SIT's...

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Voices

Thanks to Greater Falls Connection advisory board members

By
Neil Allen
Tuesday, July 25, 2023 — Issue 724

I would like to thank the members of the Greater Falls Connections' advisory board for all that they do to support our substance use and abuse prevention and community building work by helping with events, coming to the monthly meetings, and providing guidance to the staff. At our recent annual meeting, coalition members re-elected advisory board members Doreen Stoodley, Lama Tomas O'Flaherty, Sam Maskell, and Michelle Bos-Lun. Alex Stradling is returning to the board as well. Joining them is new...

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Arts

Stompbox Trio, Pumpkintown will perform at Next Stage

Wednesday, October 30, 2019 — Issue 534

Next Stage Arts Project, 15 Kimball Hill, presents an evening of Americana music with two regional bands well known on the national scene - StompBox Trio and Pumpkintown - on Saturday, Nov. 2, at 7:30 p.m. StompBox Trio vocalist Evelyn Harris was known globally as a longtime member of a capella sensation Sweet Honey in the Rock before forming StompBox Trio in Western Massachusetts with John Cabán (“Dobro” steel guitar, stompbox) and David Rodriguez (wood bass, foot tambourine). The trio...

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