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Voices

Irrelevant and insensitive

By
Monica MacNeille
Wednesday, November 25, 2015 — Issue 333

BRATTLEBORO — The Archer Mayor bit seems irrelevant and insensitive. I'm surprised you let this go to print.

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Voices

Mr. Garvey did not need to die

By
MadFreedom Advocates

Wilda L. White, Hilary Melton, and Malaika Puffer are founding directors of MadFreedom Advocates, Inc.,

Australian ballot - really? Yes, really.

By
Zsolt Pomazi

BRATTLEBORO-While it's encouraging that we're finally approaching a more inclusive way of recognizing the voices...

One person, one vote for all of Brattleboro

By
Jessica Doleszny

BRATTLEBORO-The results from the Charter Revision Committee's recent poll in Districts 7, 8, and 9...

Seven farmhouses, seven religious movements

By
Peter Adair

Peter Adair is the author of the books Sacred Universe and Sacred Earth. WESTMINSTER WEST-Unlikely...

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News

Nuke panel pushes for more local input

By
Mike Faher
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 — Issue 332

Communities that host nuclear plants should have a significant role in developing rules that govern how those plants are shut down and cleaned up, local advocates say. That's the gist of a new opinion approved by the Vermont Nuclear Decommissioning Citizens Advisory Panel - the panel's first such official opinion since forming more than a year ago. On a 15-2 vote at a Nov. 12 meeting at Vernon Elementary School, the panel approved a short position paper advocating new ways...

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Voices

A business watch?

By
Chris Antoniello
Wednesday, July 17, 2019 — Issue 519

We here at Harmony Underground see the problem hour by hour. People are afraid to come in the parking lot, and I don't blame them. We would love to see a business watch, like a neighborhood watch. What can be done?

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Arts

Bass leads puppet camp at Main Street Arts

Wednesday, June 20, 2018 — Issue 464

Professional puppeteer Shoshana Bass will lead a Puppet Camp at Main Street Arts beginning Monday, June 25. The five-day camp will meet from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day and is for ages 8 to 12. Participants will build a variety of simple puppets of different sizes, embellish them with character and costume, and learn techniques for animating the puppets and creating story with them. At the end of the week, there will be an informal showing for friends...

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