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Correction

Wednesday, July 17, 2019 — Issue 519

BRATTLEBORO — Landmark College journalism student William Epifanio contributed reporting to the July 3 Special Focus section “Flying signs.” The Commons attributed him incorrectly in the credits for that project.

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Alerts to crime victims in Vermont are full of flaws

By
Charlotte Oliver

-On a Sunday night, Kelsey Rice found her abuser at her home again, out on...

SIT fire temporarily displaces 126

By
Virginia Ray

BRATTLEBORO-The cause of the March 26 fire that temporarily displaced 126 at the School of...

‘I try to think about what we can and what we can’t do for a person’

By
Wendy O'Connell

BRATTLEBORO-Caz Clark is the safety and outreach manager at the Brattleboro Food Co-op, a position...

He cleared the way for freedom

By
Randolph T. Holhut

BRATTLEBORO-George Stone Sr., closing in on his 101st birthday, is one of the last members...

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State’s mislabeled face covering solution unacceptable to some at Leland & Gray

By
Virginia Ray
Wednesday, February 16, 2022 — Issue 651

A seeming lack of accountability regarding mislabeled masks being sent to schools and businesses has teacher Dan DeWalt worried and upset. “It's not about what happened or didn't happen in my school,” says the Leland & Gray Union High School woodshop teacher. “It's about the state got their hands on a bunch of fraudulently labeled masks, and they're not going to do anything about it.” It started with a shipment of masks to Leland & Gray early in the pandemic,

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Voices

We need Balint’s skill in managing disagreement without alienation

By
Arlene Distler
Wednesday, January 19, 2022 — Issue 647

When I first heard of Becca Balint, it was because we were on opposite sides of an issue. The issue was whether or not to build affordable individual homes on land that led down a wooded hillside to cemeteries off of South Main Street. Byron Stookey, longtime head of Brattleboro Area Affordable Housing, was leading the charge for a small development. I supported this project, but it was the most conflicted decision I've ever had to make. I had spent...

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Correction

Tuesday, April 25, 2023 — Issue 712

One of the founders of the Tempestry Project at The Putney School is Asy Connelly. Her name appeared incorrectly in the April 19 issue.

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