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Voices

Daims: an activist gets things done

By
Peter Van der Does
Wednesday, February 26, 2020 — Issue 550

BRATTLEBORO — I have known and worked with Kurt Daims for several years. Although I do not always agree with his positions, I know that he is an activist and gets things done.

Among the ideas I do agree with: the budget referendum he put before the Selectboard concerning the high cost of the then-proposed new fire station building, the Clean Air Resolution to demand that the Clean Air Act be put in action here, and the resolution to reverse Citizens United.

After all, corporations are not people!

Kurt deserves your vote.

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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‘We were spared’

By
Kevin O'Connor
Wednesday, December 20, 2023 — Issue 745

Beverly Jelley woke Monday to fears of yet another surge of stormwater. Twenty-four hours later, the 81-year-old local business owner gave thanks for something else: a torrent of community support. The three-decade operator of Jelley's convenience store on Route 100 - having rebuilt from top to bottom twice, after 2011's Tropical Storm Irene and last summer's record rains - watched Tuesday as dozens of family members and friends put back nearly $300,000 of equipment they had pulled out the morning...

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Voices

VTC thanks community for support of ‘The Servant of Two Masters’

By
Michelle Page
Wednesday, August 17, 2022 — Issue 677

Vermont Theatre Company thanks the greater Brattleboro community for its support of our most recent production, The Servant of Two Masters, by Carlo Goldoni, translated and adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher and Paolo Emilio Landi. It was performed at The Retreat Farm, which was a wonderful venue, and we are extremely grateful to them for providing us with this space, and making us so welcome. Special thanks go to the cast and crew, who gave so much of their time to...

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Arts

Aerial dance meets outdoor adventure at tree dancing workshop

Tuesday, July 23, 2024 — Issue 774

BRATTLEBORO-p>Award winning trapeze dancers Serenity Smith Forchion, an internationally known circus aerialist, and Mark Przekurat, an arborist intent on educating the world about the future of our forests, are offering their workshop in two levels on Saturday, Aug. 3, and Sunday, Aug. 4, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday features an introduction to Tree Dancing, while Sunday's session features a more advanced class. "Students can work at their own pace and own level," Forchion explained in a news release.

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