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The Brattleboro Selectboard unanimously approved $36,147 for the Southeastern Vermont Economic Development Strategy (SeVEDS) at its Jan. 21 meeting. SeVEDS is part of the Brattleboro Development Credit Corporation, which is focused on improving economic conditions in Windham County, which has experienced lower wages and slower economic growth over the past two decades compared to neighboring counties. According to Selectboard Chair David Gartenstein, the money would come from the interest generated by the town's grant program. SeVEDS representatives Laura Sibilia and...
The importance of civic responsibility is paramount to the success of a democracy. By engaging in civic responsibility, we, the citizens of the United States, ensure and uphold the democratic values written in our Constitution and the Bill of Rights. Those values or duties include justice, freedom, equality, diversity, authority, privacy, due process, property, participation, truth, patriotism, human rights, rule of law, tolerance, mutual assistance, self-restraint, and self-respect. The goal of the Constitution is to encourage citizens to act responsibly...
Fantastic Wantastiquet, a new, multidisciplinary arts and cultural festival, opens Saturday, Sept. 16, at 2 p.m., when singer/songwriter and indigenous-rights activist Lyla June Johnston will headline a gala keynote gathering at the Latchis Theatre. “Other special guests still-to-be-confirmed will join Johnston at this gala, many of whom will be traveling from afar, as excitement in Brattleboro grows for our first Indigenous People's Day activities in early October,” says John Wilmerding, the Fantastic Wantastiquet founder and organizer. Johnston is a musician,
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