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Voices

Crime novel worthy of admiration

By
Howard Fairman
Wednesday, October 5, 2022 — Issue 684

PUTNEY — Retired Brattleboro Police Department Captain Mark Carignan's premier novel Out from Under: George V. Higgins would have admired it.

If you know who he was, that's my review.

If you don't, read both.

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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‘The backbone of what we do’

By
Nancy A. Olson
Tuesday, September 3, 2024 — Issue 780

PUTNEY-Putney Community Cares will hold an Open House and Volunteer Appreciation Party on Saturday, Sept. 14, from 2 to 4 p.m., in the Laura Heller Community Barn at 54 Kimball Hill. "We want to celebrate not only our amazing volunteers, but also the improvements to our physical space," said Ruby McAdoo, Putney Community Cares coordinator, who described the nonprofit's volunteers and donors as "the backbone of what we do." "Volunteers are the drivers and packers for our Meals on Wheels...

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Voices

Timing unfortunate for firefighters union’s support of town-operated ambulance

By
Judy and Jack Davidson
Wednesday, March 22, 2023 — Issue 707

Recently, the union of the Brattleboro Firefighters issued a letter expressing its support for a town-operated ambulance service. Although we deeply appreciate the work of our firefighters in protecting us from fire and responding quickly to emergency medical events in town, we regret the timing of this endorsement by the union. Few citizens in town have read the full AP Triton report, which describes four options for an ambulance service. There has been no public meeting other than AP Triton's...

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Arts

Canal Street Art Gallery presents ‘Heroes & Villains’ art show

Wednesday, January 25, 2023 — Issue 699

Now through March 4, Canal Street Art Gallery presents “Heroes & Villains,” an exhibit with artwork by Clare Adams, Thomasin Alyxander, Debi A. Barton, Jean Cannon, Mindy Fisher, Corinne Greenhalgh, Gregory Damien Grinnell, Yevette Hendler, Su Lin Mangan, Charles Norris-Brown, Gretchen Seifert, and Linda Udd. “The story of the hero and villain is told in many ways,” gallery organizers wrote in a news release. “Through art, music, performance, writing, and everyday life, the hero and villain come alive. The quest...

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