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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

Brattleboro cares about people, animals, and the planet

By
Joanne Morgan

BRATTLEBORO-Since moving to Brattleboro over a year ago, I have learned that there are so...

Please be mindful of antisemitism in political messages

By
The Shalom Alliance

BRATTLEBORO-The Anti-Defamation League's 2024 Audit of Antisemitic Incidents reports a deeply troubling rise in antisemitism...

Thankful the grownups are back in power

By
Danielle Miller

DEERFIELD, MASS.-U.S. Rep. Becca Balint claims that President Trump "does not give a damn about...

Now we are paying the price for ill-advised EMS decision

By
William E. Kraham

The writer is a Town Meeting member representing District 8. BRATTLEBORO-As part of Brattleboro's FY26...

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Food shelf will move to Canal Street

Wednesday, July 24, 2019 — Issue 520

The most heavily utilized food shelf in Windham County will soon have a new - and larger - home. Groundworks Collaborative announced last week that it has signed a lease on 141 Canal St., the former home of Domino's Pizza, as the new site for its food shelf. In 2018, the Groundworks food shelf served more than 3,700 people in more than 1,400 households. Originally a program of the Brattleboro Area Drop-in Center and started in the 1980s, the food...

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Voices

It wasn’t an experiment. It was sexual assault.

By
Barry L. Adams
Wednesday, September 8, 2021 — Issue 629

I have read with deep personal interest Mindy Haskins Rogers' Viewpoint and all subsequent responses to it. I immediately wanted to respond, but hesitated. Outside of the Catholic Church scandal, we don't hear too much from men who have been sexually abused and how they've coped with it. I wonder why. So, here it is. In 1974, just before my 17th birthday, I was sexually molested by a heterosexual man. He was a good friend. He was 21 years old.

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Arts

Local artists offer up-cycling workshop to benefit Groundworks Food Shelf

Wednesday, March 22, 2017 — Issue 400

With an up-cycled twist on basket weaving, a three-part workshop - taught by local artists Jackie Abrams, Jen Wiechers, and Janette Smuts - will benefit the Groundworks Food Shelf. The workshop, which takes place on three Thursday evenings (March 30, April 6, and April 20) at the River Gallery School's Main Street Studio in Brattleboro, will cover the art of making 'yarn' from used plastic bags to crochet strong, colorful, and multi-purpose tote bags, according to a news release. “I...

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