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Voices

Library thanks those who responded to strategic planning survey

By
Leo Schiff
Wednesday, July 20, 2022 — Issue 673

BRATTLEBORO — Thanks to the more than 350 respondents to the Brooks Memorial Library strategic planning survey.

The library board of trustees and staff are dedicated to learning what the community wants and needs so we can improve our services and be an asset to the community.

Thanks also to the staff at the six community organizations that allowed us to interview regarding their constituents' use and experiences of the library.

We conducted a raffle to encourage survey participation, and two of the winners are Caitlin Burkett and Jennifer Karpin.

We are continuing to reach out to the community about library services, and we will soon host a few community forums. We welcome your input.

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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A new home for old vinyl

By
James C.T.D. Wood
Wednesday, June 29, 2022 — Issue 670

A retired teacher has turned his love of music into a new business in downtown Putney. Next Chapter Records, which offers new and used vinyl records, is now open at 120 Main St. in the former home of Antidote Books, which moved to Brattleboro earlier this year. The store is run by Mitch Harrison, a 56-year-old native of northern New Jersey. For the past 20 years, he's been teaching science to middle schoolers in Alstead, N.H. Now retired, Harrison said...

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Voices

Democrats need to get out there and fight, as Bernie’s doing

By
Joseph A. Valaske
Tuesday, April 1, 2025 — Issue 809

PUTNEY-The Democrats' recent capitulation on the debt ceiling is a pretty good illustration of why the party lost the last election. Republicans needed Democratic help to pass another continuing resolution to fund the government at current levels. Did the Democrats use the leverage to get any concessions? Perhaps get some illegally fired veterans or federal workers rehired? Maybe lessen the budget cuts that are coming to Medicaid? Maybe restore some funds to aid organizations that are going to be unable...

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Arts

Works by Julia Sorensen on display at Gallery 34

Tuesday, August 29, 2023 — Issue 729

"Beyond the Bounds," the first solo exhibit by Julia Sorensen will open at Gallery 34 at 34 Main St. near the Latchis Theatre on Friday, Sept. 1, from 5 to 8 p.m., during Gallery Walk. Sorensen's exhibit features abstract pieces created using a variety of nontraditional techniques and inspired by abstract artist Ed Clark, who is sometimes referred to as "the lost abstract expressionist." After seeing his work in Chicago's Art Institute, Sorensen said, she wondered what would happen if...

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