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Voices

North, Cowan, Zimmer: energy and drive

By
Sandy Martin
Wednesday, February 17, 2021 — Issue 600

BELLOWS FALLS — Our opportunity to participate in the Democratic process by voting for town Selectboard candidates is fast approaching. Three candidates for the Rockingham Selectboard seats have the energy and drive to fill these seats.

These candidates have an understanding of the history and the present, and they have a vision for our town's future.

I urge you to vote for Bonnie North (three year term), Rick Cowan (one-year term), and Elijah Zimmer (one-year term), on Tuesday, March 2, or by absentee ballot.

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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Vt. Supreme Court rejects challenge to Putney housing

By
Virginia Ray
Tuesday, July 25, 2023 — Issue 724

A three-judge panel of the Vermont Supreme Court has rejected the latest appeal by opponents of a proposed affordable housing community on Alice Holway Drive in Putney, but despite a new construction start date of spring 2024, appellant Laura Campbell says she will take steps to request a re-argument of the appeal in front of the full court. The July 21 ruling by the state's highest court affirms the Environmental Court's decision earlier this year to reject an appeal to...

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Voices

Buildup to potential conflict in Ukraine: a tragic waste of precious time, energy, and resources

By
Richard Evers
Wednesday, February 9, 2022 — Issue 650

Some thoughts about Ukraine: For the past few weeks I've heard pretty much nothing but sensationalist, war-fever stories in the U.S. press, including NPR and PBS (two of my main news sources). Even Volodymyr Zelensky, president of Ukraine, stated recently that the media were exaggerating the threat of war. But of course it sells papers and boosts listener and viewer ratings. On Feb. 1, Amy Goodman's news show, Democracy Now!, devoted the entire hour to Ukraine. She interviewed peace activist...

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Arts

Roger Allbee speaks on history of Vermont farming

Tuesday, April 1, 2025 — Issue 809

WESTMINSTER-Roger Allbee will speak about his book, Turning the Soil: 250 Years of Vermont Agriculture at the Westminster Institute's Butterfield Library, 3534 US Route 5, at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, April 8. Allbee's is a historical book, examining changes in rural communities, farmers' activities, agricultural production, and farm policies over a period of more than 250 years. It comprehensively analyzes agriculture from the perspectives of grassroots, state, national, and global levels. It also offers a bird's-eye view of the history...

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