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Voices

School board has prepared information about dissolution votes

By
Jamie Contois
Wednesday, February 24, 2021 — Issue 601

PUTNEY — The Windham Southeast School District Communication Council is distributing a one-page informational sheet on the two articles on the individual town ballots on withdrawing from the School District. The School Board approved this info sheet for distribution on Feb. 16.

It can also be found on the Windham Southeast Supervisory Union Website, linked from the homepage at the top: wsesu.org and directly at bit.ly/601-wsesd-info.

Voting has begun on each of these articles in the four towns: Brattleboro, Dummerston, Guilford, and Putney. Please feel free to distribute widely.

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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Hoop barn collapses under weight of snow and ice

By
Virginia Ray
Tuesday, February 18, 2025 — Issue 803

BRATTLEBORO-Ashlyn and Abraham McClurg of Rebop Farm on Sunset Lake Road are reeling but resilient, trying to recover from the collapse of their barn under a load of ice and snow on Sunday, Feb. 16. "We're exhausted and in shock, but there's no other way but through, and the animals need taken care of so, that's what we'll do," Abraham McClurg said Monday. "The weather certainly isn't making it any easier today and tonight, though." When the four-year-old, 40-ft.-by-100-ft. hoop...

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Voices

Can we make a good place to live even better?

By
Richard Davis
Wednesday, May 22, 2024 — Issue 766

Richard Davis, a retired registered nurse, was elected in March to a one-year seat on the Brattleboro Selectboard, where he serves as clerk. He speaks only for himself, and his words here do not express any official statement by the board. BRATTLEBORO-I have been a member of the Brattleboro Selectboard only for a very short time, and I still have more questions than answers about how our little New England town of 12,000 operates. I suspect that most people pay...

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Arts

BMAC presents online artist talk by Rachel Portesi

Wednesday, November 11, 2020 — Issue 587

The Brattleboro Museum & Art Center (BMAC) presents an online talk by photographer Rachel Portesi, via Zoom and Facebook Live, on Wednesday, Nov. 18, at 7 p.m. The talk is presented in connection with the exhibit “Rachel Portesi: Hair Portraits,” a series of tintype photographs on view at BMAC through Feb. 14, 2021. A link to attend the talk will be available at brattleboromuseum.org. Curated by BMAC Chief Curator Mara Williams, the exhibit “reflects on the fact that since the...

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