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Brattleboro’s Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, which sponsored the parade, led the march with its giant American flag.
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Brattleboro’s Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, which sponsored the parade, led the march with its giant American flag.
News

‘Going Fourth’ in Brattleboro

Tuesday, July 9, 2024 — Issue 772

BRATTLEBORO-Under mostly sunny skies, the 51st annual "By the People: Brattleboro Goes Fourth" Independence Day parade made its way through downtown.

The parade's theme was a salute to area volunteers, and many organizations were well-represented. The largest contingent in the parade were protesters of U.S. support for Israel in the war on Gaza, complete with an effigy of President Biden and an oversized cruise missile.

Local politicians campaigning ahead of the Aug. 13 party primaries were also out in force.

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News

New round of motel evictions leave residents scrambling

By
Carly Berlin and Lola Duffort

-Ernest Martin prepared to leave the Hilltop Inn in Berlin on Sunday morning, uncertain about...

PCB removal work expands at BFUHS

By
Robert F. Smith

BELLOWS FALLS-The Bellows Falls Union High School Board has approved moving ahead with its initial...

State treasurer hits the road with unclaimed funds

By
Joyce Marcel

BRATTLEBORO-The sun had just set when a lone car pulled into the partially hidden and...

Chamber awards salute the creative economy

By
Randolph T. Holhut

BRATTLEBORO-It was a night to honor the creative economy as the Brattleboro Area Chamber of...

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News

PCBs throw a wrench in gym roof repair plans

Tuesday, August 20, 2024 — Issue 778

WESTMINSTER-Work to replace the roof over the gym at this summer at Bellows Falls Union High School, among some $9 million in projects underway, has suddenly stalled. The project "is on hold because the PCB-laden roof decking itself has to come off," WNESU board member David Clark wrote to The Commons. Clark said the project would cost an estimated additional $500,000 to $1 million, "with no current funding stream." BFUHS Board Chair Rob Weltz said the board is working on...

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Voices

I want to walk downtown without being solicited

By
Stephanie Cavanaugh Harrison
Wednesday, May 29, 2024 — Issue 767

BRATTLEBORO-I want to walk down the street again and not be perceived and solicited. This is Brattleboro, for God's sake, not the inner hood. This was not the first evening I've walked alone, without my husband, in downtown Brattleboro that I've not only been solicited as a prostitute but also harassed when I respond, "No, I do not want a ride." People may say that how I dress means I want the attention. But shouldn't a woman have the right...

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Arts

Bandwagon series presents Bondeko on July 6

Tuesday, June 25, 2024 — Issue 771

PUTNEY-The Next Stage Bandwagon Summer Series presents Maine-based multicultural collaboration Bondeko, on Saturday, July 6, at 6 p.m., at Cooper Field, 41 Sand Hill Rd. Bondeko is the unlikely collaboration of neighbors in Portland, Maine's migrant community: Ylli Brekofca, an Albanian crooner; Namory Keita, a Guinean drummer; Orson Horchler, a French singer-songwriter; and Ray Saperstein, a Latin musician from Texas. The result is a mix of Roma melodies, Cumbia rhythms, Malenke singalongs, and Balkan tempos, peppered with waltzes and maybe...

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