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Voices

Formula for quality staff

By
Ira Weiner
Wednesday, July 4, 2018 — Issue 466

Treat staff right, and they will stay; then, you will attract more quality staff.

The hospital cannot function without dedicated, quality nursing staff. Best of luck, clinical staff.

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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Mid-week showers and thunderstorms usher in a lovely taste of fall

By
Dave Hayes
Wednesday, August 7, 2019 — Issue 522

Hello and good day to you, Windham County folks! I hope things are well with you. Fortunately for us, things are going to be good in the weather department by Friday afternoon through early next week. We have a truly lovely weekend on the way, with significantly cooler and drier conditions on the way. However, before that, we are going to see high humidity Wednesday and Thursday as warm and cold frontal passages combine to produce a surge in moisture,

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Voices

Coffey: exemplary public services

By
John Hagen
Wednesday, October 28, 2020 — Issue 585

Guilford and Vernon are extremely fortunate to have an incredibly energized and capable legislator in Sara Coffey. Two years ago, the majority of voters in both towns sent Sara to Montpelier to represent us in the Legislature. Looking back now, we can feel very good about that choice. Sara has worked tirelessly to serve our district and Vermont in a range of issues, from broadband to social equity to climate policy. Yet as busy as she is in shaping policy,

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Arts

Diamond discusses her new book, ‘Screwnomics’

Wednesday, October 17, 2018 — Issue 481

The idea that women should always work for less or, even better, for free, is the economic theory explained in Screwnomics, the subject and title of a new book by Rickey Garde Diamond that she will discuss at Everyone's Books on Thursday, Oct. 18, at 6 p.m. The event is co-sponsored by the book store and the Brattleboro branch of the American Association of University Women. Despite a major shift in economic ideas over the past 50 years, few women...

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