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Voices

Something is not going well

By
Trista Kerber
Wednesday, July 4, 2018 — Issue 466

VERNON — In the end, it is the patients who suffer.

The Brattleboro Retreat is needed in this community. Clearly, something is not going well there, and I hope the facility can be turned around quickly before it is forced to close its doors.

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

Prevention Coalition urges approach of concern and caution

By
Olga Peters
Wednesday, September 11, 2019 — Issue 527

In between the voices at the Chamber breakfast on Sept. 5 excited about cannabis' potential financial rewards, Cassandra Holloway asked for a moment of pause. “How many people are concerned about marijuana coming into our community?” she asked. Holloway, the executive director of the Brattleboro Area Prevention Coalition, reminded the audience that cannabis also comes with its share of risks, especially for young people, whose brains, due to a quirk of evolution, are more susceptible to the influence of substances...

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Voices

Climate-change solutions needed, both on local and national scale

By
Kevin O'Keefe
Wednesday, December 12, 2018 — Issue 489

I read both pieces on climate change [“A huge national problem merits a huge national solution” and “As climate change prods, tugs, and gnaws, what's a parent to do?”] in the Nov. 28 issue. While one looked to big government for sweeping change to our policies, the other pointed toward local solutions offered in community response networks like Mother Up! Both are needed. The local option is more accessible and able to change the inner landscape quite quickly. Just reading...

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Arts

Watercolor workshop with Nancy Lanoue is offered in Chester

Wednesday, February 28, 2018 — Issue 448

An exploration of watercolor painting will be offered on Friday, March 16, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the First Universalist Parish in the Stone Village on Route 103. The instructor, Nancy Lent Lanoue, is a member of the Vermont Watercolor Society and has been painting in watercolor for 20 years. The workshop is a collaborative effort of the Stone Village Art Guild and the First Universalist Parish of Chester. Lanoue is a charter member of the Stone Village...

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