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Voices

A memorial for Bill Guay

By
Robert A. Oeser
Wednesday, February 3, 2016 — Issue 342

BRATTLEBORO — Thank you for documenting Bill Guay's effect on us.

A memorial is being planned for Mon., Feb. 15 at 10 a.m. at the First Baptist Church, 190 Main St., Brattleboro.

Voices

To recruit young workers, businesses need to show up and reach out

By
Dylan Stewart

BELLOWS FALLS-My name is Dylan Stewart, and I am a senior at Windham Regional Career...

Birthday parade, or Medicaid?

By
Jane Olmstead

NEWFANE-Like a spoiled child, Donald Trump is whining about wanting a birthday parade that will...

'A deeply flawed system'

By
Timothy Belknap

Timothy Belknap is a Brattleboro Representative Town Meeting member representing District 9. For more information...

How do we give due process its due?

By
Meg Mott

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

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News

Back from the brink

By
Fran Lynggaard Hansen
Tuesday, December 31, 2024 — Issue 796

BRATTLEBORO-Last February, local musician, circus arts performer, visual artist, and hair stylist Re Sheppard was in the throes of treating an aggressive lymphoma for the second time. Fast-forward to December, and Loretta Palazzo, owner of Boomerang, a clothing store on Main Street, sent out an update: "Re Sheppard is back at work a couple of days a week!" What happened in the intervening 10 months is a story of modern medical miracles and a woman who simply refuses to give...

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Voices

We are life, too, and we need to stay warm

By
Jessie Haas
Wednesday, April 12, 2023 — Issue 710

Regenerative farmers like to say, “It's not the cow, it's the how,” when people tell them animal agriculture is overheating the planet. I'm not clever enough to think up a saying like to defend wood heat, but the same concept applies: If we do it dumb, it's bad. If we do it smart, it isn't. So in response to Rick Cowan, here are a couple of thoughts about the Affordable Heat Act. One: I sure was glad my mom had...

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Arts

River Singers will celebrate with two holiday concerts

Wednesday, December 6, 2017 — Issue 437

The River Singers Community Chorus led by Mary Cay Brass is celebrating their 26th anniversary of joyous singing together with two special holiday concerts Saturday, Dec. 9, at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, Dec. 10, at 4 p.m., at Next Stage, 15 Kimball Hill. The 90-voice River Singers is a multi-generational chorus known for its eclectic mix of traditional music from many cultural and musical traditions. According to a news release, “concertgoers will hear thrilling, soulful songs from Bosnia, South Africa,

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