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Voices

Entergy issues statement on nuclear disaster in Japan

By
Chanel Lagarde
Wednesday, March 16, 2011 — Issue 92

Voices

With the right support, refugees in rural Vermont can thrive

By
Pablo Bose and Thomas Huddleston

Pablo Bose is a professor in the Department of Geography and Geosciences at the University...

Representative Town Meeting works for a town the size of Brattleboro

By
Rebecca Bartlett

BRATTLEBORO-I have lived and voted in Brattleboro for 45 years, and I am writing about...

The wonder of paradox

By
Meg Mott

Meg Mott is professor emerita of Marlboro College and Emerson College and describes herself as...

Editing words about war, and our great divide

By
Jeff Potter

Jeff Potter has edited The Commons since 2008 and has been working in and around...

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Smoke-free zones coming to Brattleboro parks

By
Olga Peters
Wednesday, October 27, 2010 — Issue 73

Next summer, the Parks and Recreation department will initiate smoke-free zones in Brattleboro parks. According to Director Carol Lolatte, the department made the decision after discussions with a concerned group of citizens worried about the impact of secondhand smoke on children. For years, says Lolatte, the town has posted signs like “caution, developing lungs at work” around play areas in town to dissuade people from smoking around children. The citizen group, however, said Lolatte felt more needed to be done...

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Voices

Tracking down the dog that attacked Tink

By
Pat DeAngelo
Wednesday, June 13, 2012 — Issue 156

My dog, Tink, was attacked and savaged by a dog at South Pond in Marlboro on Sunday, May 27. I was hysterical and completely focused on trying to get the dog off Tink, so I didn't get the name of the person with the dog or any contact information. The dog was a large, smooth-haired, brindled animal. It looked like 40 to 50 pounds of solid muscle. The girl with him said she wasn't his owner, but that the owner...

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Arts

Following the founder

By
Richard Henke
Wednesday, October 14, 2015 — Issue 327

The new New England Youth Theatre (NEYT) executive director, Hallie Flower, says she finds that her head is swimming with all the details of what “this amazing organization” is up to. “To be frank, my exciting and challenging job is an octopus,” she says. “Executive director is a big responsibility, but it is amazing to work with people who are so passionately clear about what they are doing. And there is so much heartfelt programming at NEYT of which I...

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