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Planning commission seeks Town Plan Advisory Group members

By
Sarah Brennan
Friday, January 2, 2009 — Issue 35

BRATTLEBORO — The Brattleboro Planning Commission is looking for volunteers to serve on the new Town Plan Advisory Group.  The advisory group will assist the Planning Commission in identifying major issues and goals for the new Town Plan to address, assist with public outreach, and review draft chapters of the plan.

The Advisory Group consists of 12 to 15 people, and will meet approximately every two months over the coming two years.

 This is an exciting opportunity to help create Brattleboro's future. If you are interested, please submit a letter of interest to the Planning Commission.

For more information about what to include in the letter, please visit www.brattleboro.org and click on “Planning Commission.” You can also call me in the planning services department at 251-8112 or send e-mail to [email protected].

Voices

These are our fellow Vermonters

By
Brenda Siegel

Brenda Lynn Siegel, the executive director of End Homelessness Vermont, is a policy advocate, educator,

‘That flag will hang until November because we don’t matter’

By
Laura Chapman

Laura Chapman is a civic volunteer, social justice activist, and works with human-services nonprofits that...

The Clean Heat Standard is not the problem

By
Laura Sibilia

Laura Sibilia represents Dover, Jamaica, Somerset, Stratton, and Wardsboro in the Vermont House of Representatives,

An easy way we can all be part of the solution

By
Robin Rieske

Robin Rieske is facilitator of CSUR, a collaborative effort that includes Voices of Hope, Turning...

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WSESD launches investigation into a legacy of abuse

By
Virginia Ray
Tuesday, February 8, 2022 — Issue 649

The Windham Southeast School District (WSESD) School Board has finalized hiring attorney Aimee Goddard of Buehler & Annis, PLC to investigate reports of sexual abuse and has determined a reporting process, setting up a website, phone line, and other resources. In announcing Goddard's “formal” hiring, a press release from the board issued Tuesday, Feb. 1 says Goddard will “investigate reports of sexual abuse, harassment and/or abuse of power by current or former faculty, staff, or administration.” “In addition, the investigation...

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Voices

Stop attacking all women!

By
Sandy Golden
Wednesday, May 16, 2012 — Issue 152

RE: “Other salvos in war on women,” Letters, May 9: Very well said. The hypocrisy here is that if Rush Limbaugh calls Sandra Fluke a name, the media is absolutely beside itself with anger, but when Bill Maher continues to insult women daily, no one says a word about it. Bill Maher is a repulsive, hateful man, and so are the others who are attacking conservative or liberal women. It needs to stop!

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Arts

Paintings of Martha Nichols featured at Canal Street Art Gallery

Wednesday, April 14, 2021 — Issue 608

Canal Street Art Gallery, 23 Canal St., presents the exhibit “Martha Nichols: Mountain Sea and Sky” through May 8. It is the second exhibition for Nichols, of Andover, Vt., and it is the artist's inaugural solo show with the gallery. “Color, light and, more recently, sound are my primary interests,” Nichols wrote in her artist statement. “We are surrounded by ever-changing light, color, and sound as we go about our days in the landscape. I explore the vast variety of...

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