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Voices

Thanks from Amber’s family

By
Dan and Debbie Bernier-Sontag
Wednesday, May 15, 2019 — Issue 510

BRATTLEBORO — We thank this community for supporting the Amber Bernier scholarship at our fifth Walk for Amber StorySlam, cosponsored by Strolling of the Heifers.

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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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Welch describes bleak conditions for asylum seekers at border

By
Randolph T. Holhut
Wednesday, July 11, 2018 — Issue 467

When U.S. Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt., makes his periodic “Congress in Your Community” visits to the towns of Windham County, local concerns usually take precedence. But on a steamy afternoon at the Putney General Store on July 5, the talk was dominated by President Trump. Welch, who is seeking his seventh term as Vermont's lone congressman, called the Trump administration “an existential threat” to the nation's democratic form of government. “It's not about what Trump's position is on health care,

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Voices

Peyton believes the existing political/corporate system is unworkable and broken

By
John G. Root Jr.
Wednesday, June 24, 2020 — Issue 567

I am a close colleague of Emily Peyton; we work together to improve the future by bringing forward a member-owned nonprofit franchise plan, Hempstone Villages Co., I also work with her and others across the country to form a noncorporate governing body by and through jural assemblies, which aim to restore all states as a true republic of nation-states. Emily has entered the governor's race again, but this race is at the precipice of much more serious times, and her...

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Arts

Spotlight Series shines on young voices

Wednesday, July 7, 2021 — Issue 620

Latchis Arts' monthly Spotlight Series puts a focus in July on rising stars in filmmaking with a theme of Young Voices. Spotlight is a curated series, featuring films on a different theme each month which illuminate different voices in filmmaking. Films are shown on Thursdays at 7 p.m., at the Latchis Theatre, with no admission fee other than a suggested donation of $10. This month features four “original and engaging films that spotlight bold and brave directors at the beginning...

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