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Voices

Carolyn Partridge, assistant judge

By
Carolyn Partridge
Tuesday, November 22, 2022 — Issue 691

WINDHAM — I want to offer my sincere and heartfelt thanks to the voters of Windham County for your strong support of me in the race for assistant judge.

I truly appreciate the trust you have placed in me and the continued opportunity to participate in public service to our Windham County community.

Voices

'I needed that'

By
Constance Cline

BRATTLEBORO-Big thanks to Joyce Marcel for an excellent article/interview with Becca Balint, and big thanks...

Trump and Texas redistricting

By
Cathi Wilken

BRATTLEBORO-As I listen to all the reports of what's happening in the Texas Legislature, I...

Gov. Scott: The damage is done

By
Meg Lucas

SAXTONS RIVER-An open letter to Gov. Phil Scott: On Aug. 10, I received an email...

Calling it what it is

By
Paula Marks

GUILFORD-In the subheading referring to "the 'cruelty' of the budget bill," I understand why you...

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News

Three races emerge for WSESD board

By
Virginia Ray
Wednesday, February 7, 2024 — Issue 751

Half of the open seats on the Windham Southeast School District (WSESD) School Board are being contested in the election on Tuesday, March 5. • Matt Schibley, who was appointed in October 2023, is being challenged for the remainder of a three-year term as Brattleboro representative by Lance Cutler. • Two full three-year terms as Brattleboro representative are being sought by incumbent Tim Maciel, Colleen Savage, and Richard Leavy. • In Guilford, current board Chair Kelly Young is being challenged...

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Voices

No signs of logic. Figuratively.

By
Aidan Smith
Wednesday, March 27, 2024 — Issue 758

Tim Wessel believes he's cleverly posed a gotcha-question when he asks, "Can it be 'genocide' when the population of Gaza has essentially tripled in the last 25 years?" Yes. Yes, it can. Would Wessel argue that the Holocaust wasn't a genocide if it was found that the Jewish population in Germany increased prior to the Holocaust? Of course he wouldn't. Population growth has nothing to do with the crimes against humanity inflicted on a people. The U.N. Convention on the...

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Arts

NECCA hosts family circus show on Jan. 26

Tuesday, January 21, 2025 — Issue 799

BRATTLEBORO-In meSSeS' solo circus production, Janoah...anygoodjokes?, Janoah the Jester juggles several tasks simultaneously, performing and teaching, during a one-hour matinee show at 1 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 26, at the New England Center for Circus Arts, followed by a free juggling workshop from 2 to 3 p.m. Organizers said that during this (optionally interactive) performance, "you can learn to juggle as you watch. In moments between acts, Janoah engagingly guides audience through the essentials: throwing, catching, and messy-ing up!" Unicycle...

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