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Focus on Act 46

On towns’ options for school choice and the pressure for change
Wednesday, May 4, 2016 — Issue 355

• Viewpoint: Education Secretary Rebecca Holcombe on towns' ultimate autonomy in offering school choice to their respective students.

• Counterpoint: Compass School Director Rick Gordon responds to Holcombe's piece.

• Viewpoint: David Schoales, a member of the Brattleboro Selectboard and Town School Board, offers his personal point of view on the rush to change.

Voices

Head Start cuts: a national disaster

By
Judith Jerald and Janice Stockman

BRATTLEBORO-It was no April Fool's Day Joke. On April 1, five Administration for Children regional...

Brattleboro must step up enforcement of PAYT

By
Moss Kahler

Moss Kahler has served as recycling coordinator in Brattleboro. BRATTLEBORO-The Selectboard members are facing difficult...

Protect the water, air, and critters for our kids' future

By
Karen Huber

WEST BRATTLEBORO-At no other time since its inception in 1970 has preserving what remains of...

Edible Brattleboro kicks off spring

By
Edible Brattleboro

BRATTLEBORO-May the 4th: Be with us! Edible Brattleboro is rallying the community to kick off...

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Downtown Brattleboro Alliance picks ‘low-hanging fruit,’ encourages involvement

By
Olga Peters
Wednesday, September 28, 2016 — Issue 376

It was local beers and food all around for the members of the Downtown Brattleboro Alliance at the organization's annual meeting. Local breweries and restaurants donated the evening's beer and burgers for the Sept. 20 annual meeting held at The Lounge at Duo. “People tell me I host a good party,” joked Alliance President Michelle Simpson-Siegel. “But this is a business meeting.” The meeting opened with a quiz show. Contestants answered questions about what the Alliance had achieved over the...

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Voices

Brattleboro is internationally famous for traditional musicians

By
Peter Siegel
Wednesday, July 8, 2020 — Issue 569

I deeply appreciated the special focus issue on the pandemic and the arts this past week. Brattleboro and Windham County have such an abundance of residents who are artists and presenters, many of whom are struggling, so I wanted to give a voice to one rather large group of artists that was not mentioned. It is what one might call “trad,” or traditional, musicians. It's hard to tell on a typical day in downtown Brattleboro, but the truth is that...

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Arts

DiTrani Brothers, Jason Scaggs at Next Stage on Jan. 6

Wednesday, January 3, 2024 — Issue 746

Next Stage Arts and Twilight Music present roots, ragtime, and jazz quartet DiTrani Brothers plus Jatoba's multi-instrumentalist /singer Jason Scaggs at Next Stage, 15 Kimball Hill, on Saturday, Jan. 6, at 7:30 p.m. DiTrani Brothers play "bent melodies and driving rhythms, play perilous tunes for the hopeful, with elements of Balkan music and early American jazz/swing," notes a news release. "They deliver both wistful and raucous performances at venues ranging from The House of Blues in New Orleans to DIY...

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