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Voices

With a show in pandemic limbo, Rockingham board demands set be struck

Wednesday, July 22, 2020 — Issue 571

Voices

'I needed that'

By
Constance Cline

BRATTLEBORO-Big thanks to Joyce Marcel for an excellent article/interview with Becca Balint, and big thanks...

Trump and Texas redistricting

By
Cathi Wilken

BRATTLEBORO-As I listen to all the reports of what's happening in the Texas Legislature, I...

Gov. Scott: The damage is done

By
Meg Lucas

SAXTONS RIVER-An open letter to Gov. Phil Scott: On Aug. 10, I received an email...

Calling it what it is

By
Paula Marks

GUILFORD-In the subheading referring to "the 'cruelty' of the budget bill," I understand why you...

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News

Marking multiple legacies

By
Aaron Doçi
Wednesday, October 27, 2021 — Issue 636

With its unveiling on Oct. 19, a new historical marker at the Southeastern Vermont Welcome Center on Interstate 91 now commemorates a multifaceted legacy of an 18th-century African American couple. Abijah and Lucy Terry Prince were pioneers of African American land ownership in Vermont during the late 1700s, and Lucy Terry Prince's ballad poem, “Bars Fight,” is considered the oldest known work of literature by an African American, its 28 stanzas preserving an account of a 1746 conflict. The marker...

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Voices

Avoid misinformation about Rockingham’s proposed EMS changes

By
Peter Golec
Tuesday, February 4, 2025 — Issue 801

The writer is a member of the Rockingham Selectboard but submits this letter as a citizen. SAXTONS RIVER-Voters attending Rockingham's 2025 Annual Town Meeting at the Bellows Falls Middle School on Saturday, March 1 at 2 p.m. will decide the future of our fire and rescue services. Article 9 will ask the voters to approve the creation of a single municipal Fire and Rescue Department managed by the town. The plan includes three stations in Rockingham, Saxtons River, and Bellows...

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Arts

BMAC receives grant to bring art, music to area Head Start programs

Wednesday, September 11, 2019 — Issue 527

The Brattleboro Museum & Art Center recently received a $3,000 grant from the Vermont Community Foundation's Spark! Connecting Community grant program. The grant will help fund art and music instruction for infants, toddlers, and preschoolers in 15 Head Start programs around Windham County. “We're deeply grateful to the Vermont Community Foundation for its support of our 'Head Start with Art' program, which serves several hundred of the youngest and, in many ways, neediest members of our community,” said BMAC Director...

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