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Voices

Incredible

By
Skip Woodruff
Wednesday, October 22, 2014 — Issue 277

Elayne Clift is purposely reporting as fact many lies that were debunked long ago.

I just can't understand how a writer can do this sort of thing and be considered credible.

Voices

‘Nobody knows what I’m going to do’

By
MacLean Gander

MacLean Gander is retired from a long career as a professor and administrator at Landmark...

On being Jewish now

By
Deborah Lee Luskin

Deborah Lee Luskin , one of this newspaper's original columnists, blogs at deborahleeluskin.com. WILLIAMSVILLE-I have...

Some notes on bravery (and Brahms)

By
Meg Donahue

Meg Donahue is cofounder and chief creative officer of MamaSezz.com, an online enterprise that works...

Looking beyond generalizations

By
Emily Carris Duncan

Emily Carris Duncan (ecarrisduncan.com) represents the Windham-6 district (Wilmington, Whitingham, and Halifax) in the Vermont...

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Brattleboro voters reject nonbinding mayoral question

By
Randolph T. Holhut
Wednesday, March 4, 2020 — Issue 551

The idea of having a mayor to take charge of town is dead for now. By a vote of 1,722 to 529, a non-binding ballot question, “Shall the voters of The Town of Brattleboro advise the Selectboard to amend the Brattleboro Town Charter to replace the Selectboard with that of a mayoral form of governance?,” was decisively rejected on March 3 in a busy day of voting at American Legion Post 5. Current board member Elizabeth McLoughlin won a three-year...

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Voices

Not the same guy

By
Steve Jones
Wednesday, December 23, 2015 — Issue 337

It may be a well-written story, but when using a very common name such as Steven Jones, it might be helpful to add a middle initial. Unfortunately, I am a local accountant, age 45, and I was not buying cocaine from Sultan Rashed just before his death.

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Arts

Rockin’ for a free world

By
Randolph T. Holhut and Jeff Potter
Wednesday, January 11, 2017 — Issue 390

Musician Ben Yelle says he and his string band, Blackjack Crossing, have “never been an overtly political band, but these are different times.” With the inauguration of Donald J. Trump just days away, Yelle said he wanted to do something constructive to counter the plans of the president-elect. So Yelle has put together a benefit concert in Brattleboro for the Vermont chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union. The show, which features three local bands, is Saturday, Jan. 14, starting...

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