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Green Mountain National Forest officials extend public comment period for Searsburg wind expansion project

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New fire chief takes command in Brattleboro

By
Virginia Ray

BRATTLEBORO-Jay Symonds has taken on the job of Brattleboro Fire Department chief after being sworn...

Six months into public safety plan, Brattleboro eyes budget cuts

By
Ellen Pratt

BRATTLEBORO-During their April 1 meeting, Selectboard members heard passionate appeals from the public regarding downtown...

A one-man fight against red tape

By
Joyce Marcel

BRATTLEBORO-What happens when you work in social services for 30 years, then retire and start...

Local libraries grapple with uncertain funding future

By
Joyce Marcel

The small state of Vermont has, believe it or not, 187 libraries. "From my perspective,

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Town School Board decides at this time not to develop a new anti-bullying policy

By
Olga Peters
Wednesday, February 12, 2014 — Issue 241

Citing advice of their attorney, the Town School Board and supervisory administrator have decided against developing an anti-workplace bullying policy for Brattleboro town schools. According to Superintendent of Schools Ron Stahley, legal counsel considered the district need not duplicate existing state anti-bullying policies and protections in the negotiated teachers' union contract. The discussion about bullying in the schools was scheduled business for the board meeting held at Academy School on Feb. 10. Eight teachers and residents attended, saying they are...

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Term limits: combating political complacency

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Deborah Wright
Wednesday, March 18, 2015 — Issue 297

The nation's founders strongly believed in rotation in office. Term limits were left out of the Constitution because they could not foresee a time when politics would become a career for so many people. There are currently petitions out in Bellows Falls and Rockingham asking for the term limits question to be placed on the next annual meeting ballots. Once they become articles, the discussion will continue, hearings will be open to the public, and we all will have an...

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Arts

NECCA showcases ProTrack students in ‘Out on a Limb’

Wednesday, May 30, 2018 — Issue 461

New England Center for Circus Arts presents the culminating show of its second-year professional students in Out on a Limb with four shows only, June 8–10. NECCA's Performance Training Program (ProTrack) is their most selective and advanced program, with previous graduates having gone on to work with Cirque du Soleil, Big Apple Circus, 7 Fingers, Cirque Eloize, and Circa, as well as European Cabarets, cruise ships, and celebrity tours throughout the world. One year ago, NECCA moved into its beautiful,

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