Voices
Common interests, or us-versus-them?
Landlords respond to a proposal to prohibit advance collection of last month's rent
BRATTLEBORO-We are living in a moment of deep crisis for our democracy. Billionaires and political...
WESTMINSTER-A few days ago, I texted some of my family members to call their representatives...
BRATTLEBORO-There has been an unrelenting assault on our culture and our country since the inauguration...
TOWNSHEND-Several weeks ago, a Peruvian fisherman, stranded in the ocean for months, was miraculously found...
The town has pledged that, within five years, it will have reduced carbon emissions within its borders by 26 percent of 2005 levels. The Selectboard voted unanimously to adopt the carbon emission goals proposed by the Town Energy Committee. The committee has proposed that carbon emissions be cut by 40 percent of the town's 1990 levels by 2030 and further cut by 80 percent of the town's 1990 levels by 2050. The aim of reducing carbon emissions is to slow...
I'm voting for Carolyn Partridge and Leslie Goldman for state representatives for the Windham-3 district. Carolyn Partridge is well known, while Leslie Goldman has my vote because of her support for public health, climate change, and small businesses. These three issues are central to the challenges of the next two years. I've known Leslie since our children were in middle school together; she is smart, hard working, and a careful and compassionate human being. She knows this community well -
WILLIAMSVILLE-That a village of only a few hundred people has sustained its own theater group for nearly nine years is pretty impressive; that it keeps going and growing is a testament to its tenacity - and to the vision, stance, and openheartedness of its leadership. Since its founding in 2015, the Rock River Players (RRP), with co–artistic directors Bahman Mahdavi and Amy Donahue, has offered comedies and dramas, new works and old chestnuts, a musical, many cabarets, improvisation workshops, and...
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