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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

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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Brattleboro’s EMS plan lacks state license

By
Kevin O'Connor
Wednesday, June 15, 2022 — Issue 668

A plan to drop the town's nearly 60-year contract with Rescue Inc. for a lower-priced emergency medical service lacks a state license just weeks before its scheduled July 1 start. Complicating matters, the current private nonprofit provider says it won't respond to local calls without negotiated compensation after June 30. As part of a presumptive transition plan for the local fire department to take over EMS duties, the Selectboard abruptly entered into a contract with the for-profit Golden Cross Ambulance...

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Voices

Gov. Scott: Support climate legislation in process

By
Karen Tyler
Wednesday, April 22, 2020 — Issue 558

An open letter to Gov. Phil Scott: We, the undersigned members and friends of All Souls Church (Unitarian Universalist) of Brattleboro and registered Vermont voters, urge your support for the 2020 Plan for Climate Action in Vermont, including: • The Vermont Global Warming Solutions Act • A strong, equitable transportation and climate initiative • A commitment to 100-percent-renewable energy by 2030 • Modernizing Vermont's energy-efficient utilities A cornerstone of our faith is respect for the interdependent web of all existence,

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Arts

Last call for dancers to perform in ‘Can Windham County Dance?’

Wednesday, February 26, 2020 — Issue 550

Are you interested in joining the 2020 cast of Can Windham County Dance? Have you ever imagined yourself dancing in the spotlight? Would you enjoy performing in front of a live audience? Are you looking for a way to positively influence the lives of young people and families in Windham County? If you answered yes to the above questions, Youth Services wants you! The nonprofit is organizing Can Windham County Dance?, its third annual gala with a goal of raising...

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