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Voices

Remembering Roger

By
Dick Rockwell
Wednesday, April 10, 2013 — Issue 198

RE: “A community photographer, mentor, and friend” [Editorial, April 3]:

A lovely tribute to a dear friend. Throughout high school Roger carried that camera slung around his neck on a strap. He masterfully captured the precious moments of our everyday lives and his images caught the magic in us all. He will be missed.

Voices

Fascinating vignettes

By
Cindy Holden

BRATTLEBORO-Peter Adair's essay is the best piece of writing I have seen in The Commons:

Bridges along the Connecticut could be part of a bigger vision

By
Craig Della Penna

FLORENCE, MASS.-I just read with shock and awe, or just plain enthusiasm, a couple of...

I’m a criminal

By
Kris Pavek

Kris Pavek, a 71-year-old retired midwife and photographer, has often stayed in Brattleboro in summer...

No one follows the rules of the road anymore

By
Linda Morse

BRATTLEBORO-I have driven down Canal Street in Brattleboro and had a bicycle come flying by...

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News

Cold arson case heats up

By
Olga Peters
Wednesday, September 16, 2015 — Issue 323

Brattleboro Police have identified a suspect in a cold case involving a 2011 fire at Entergy headquarters on Old Ferry Road. Investigators ruled the Sept. 20, 2011 fire suspicious after a preliminary investigation. According to Det. Lt. Michael Carrier of the Brattleboro Police Department, the case has been categorized as cold, but it remained active. On Sept. 8, light was shed on the mystery when the department received a call with new information, wrote Carrier in a Sept. 11 press...

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Voices

Santa’s elves don’t make your kids’ toys. A woman in China does.

By
Nina Kunimoto
Wednesday, January 10, 2018 — Issue 441

My husband has three kids. On Christmas morning, about a quarter of the gifts are labelled “From Santa.” His kids even left a voice message for Santa in November and told him all the things they wanted. So many parents in this country want to keep the “magic alive,” but at what cost? Have we stopped to question how detrimental it is to our global society to have kids in supposedly wealthy countries believe that “elves in the North Pole”

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Arts

Windham Orchestra announces 32nd annual Concerto Competition

Wednesday, March 7, 2018 — Issue 449

The Brattleboro Music Center announces the Windham Orchestra's 32nd annual Concerto Competition, open to serious instrumental and vocal music students in grades 9 through 12. Eligible students must live in or attend schools in the Vermont counties of Windsor, Windham, or Bennington; New Hampshire counties of Cheshire, Sullivan or Grafton; or Massachusetts counties of Berkshire, Franklin, or Hampshire. The winner will receive $200 and perform with the Windham Orchestra under the direction of conductor Hugh Keelan. “This is an opportunity...

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