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Voices

Smile!

By
Tim Grant
Wednesday, October 20, 2021 — Issue 635

After reading Pat Sheehan's letter regarding her uterus and my testicles, here's my response to Pat and all the other pro-aborts out there: Smile! Your moms chose life!

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

Double whammy

By
Virginia Ray
Tuesday, March 25, 2025 — Issue 808

BRATTLEBORO-Lana Dever has spent her life fighting for others. Now she's in the fight of her life for her own physical and mental well-being, and that of her family, with the help of friends who have set up a GoFundMe crowdfunding campaign. Not only has Dever been facing severely debilitating health challenges that have already cost her her job, her pursuit of a higher education degree, and, at times, the frightening loss of her mobility. She's also losing her health...

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Voices

Power out

By
Patricia Sweet Austin
Wednesday, December 21, 2022 — Issue 695

Power out for three days. We got 16 inches of snow. Quiet settled in. We were very fortunate to stay warm with the wood stove. The pups napped with me on the couch. Honor slept on top of me and my orange-colored childhood blanket that he also loves. Darling Gracie had extra biscuits while she healed a wound on her muzzle. The well pump didn't work, so eventually the water stopped running. The dishes piled up. There was one fishy...

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Arts

'We flow in between cracks of other cultural institutions'

By
Victoria Chertok
Tuesday, July 22, 2025 — Issue 824

BRATTLEBORO-I recently spoke with jazz saxophonist and composer Jeff Lederer, who splits his time between Guilford and Brooklyn, New York, about the upcoming Nu Mu Festival No. 4, which he co-founded with John Loggia. (See companion interview this issue.) Lederer is a Grammy-nominated reeds performer and composer whose work crosses the lines between jazz, improvised music, and Afro-Caribbean traditions. He teaches at the New School in New York City, where he advises graduate students on their composition projects; he also...

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