Voices
Common interests, or us-versus-them?
Landlords respond to a proposal to prohibit advance collection of last month's rent
BRATTLEBORO-Big thanks to Joyce Marcel for an excellent article/interview with Becca Balint, and big thanks...
BRATTLEBORO-As I listen to all the reports of what's happening in the Texas Legislature, I...
SAXTONS RIVER-An open letter to Gov. Phil Scott: On Aug. 10, I received an email...
GUILFORD-In the subheading referring to "the 'cruelty' of the budget bill," I understand why you...
Early and cautious estimates show the town ending the financial year in good health, despite the uncertainty created by the COVID-19 global pandemic. According to Town Manager Peter Elwell, it appears the municipality will close the fiscal year on June 30 with revenues and expenses approximately $500,000 below budgeted amounts. “I want to be really, really clear that everything that comes after this sentence comes with a really large asterisk attached to it,” said Elwell in an update on the...
A bill is introduced in a state to tax citizens to support the teaching of the Christian religion. Opponents circulate a petition opposing the measure. The petition's author says that no politician is a competent judge of religious truth, that every citizen has the right to religious freedom according to the dictates of their conscience and that the Legislature has no authority at all over religion. He states that Christianity does not require support from the government and that history...
Members of the Brattleboro Women's Chorus, led by Director Becky Graber, will perform their fall “HeartSong Singalong” via Zoom on Sunday, Nov. 21 at 4 p.m. “Some of the songs are very easy to join along with, and Becky will teach a song or two to all,” organizers write in a news release. After over a year of singing exclusively on Zoom, this fall the chorus was able to sing in person as well, recording song tracks that provide the...
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