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Supporting library staff

By
Ed Paquin
Wednesday, October 16, 2013 — Issue 225

SAXTONS RIVER — When Célina Houlné was terminated by the current, secretive board of trustees of the Rockingham Free Public Library [“Former library director envisions lawsuit,” Sept. 25], the overall citizenry was up in arms, knowing of no possible reason the hard-working, efficient librarian was at fault. No excuse given! A personnel matter?

We - members of the Friends of the Library and others - wish to support the staff through this crisis and also through another move. The first one was proven unnecessary - and a costly, time-consuming waste!

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Stepping up and pulling together

By
Fric Spruyt

Fric Spruyt is a property owner and property manager in Brattleboro and a member of...

Teachers missed out on once-in-a-lifetime opportunity

By
Amy Moore

BRATTLEBORO-The recent eclipse that Vermonters were able to experience was beyond breathtaking. My husband and...

Another choice for end-of-life autonomy

By
Burt Tepfer

PUTNEY-As a physician and a hospice volunteer, I read with interest the recent article highlighting...

Short-term rentals, short-term gains

By
Holly Bartel

BELLOWS FALLS-I see as a huge problem the number of apartments and houses being used...

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Wednesday, March 22, 2023 — Issue 707

It was the biggest March snowstorms in Vermont in many years and, after leaving anywhere from a few inches in downtown Brattleboro to a few feet in the higher elevations of Windham County, it took days for life to return to normal. Elevation had a great deal to do with how much snow that Windham County towns received in the nor'easter that hit the area from March 13-15, which left many people without power for days. According to the National...

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We’ll always have old Brooklyn in us

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Wednesday, August 7, 2013 — Issue 215

RE: “Life is like a dumpling” [Essay, July 3]: My brother, who's still in the New York City area, just told me that our old neighborhood (Bay Ridge) is also entirely Asian, as is the Episcopalian church we attended back in the '60s. All the families we knew - WASP, Scandinavian, Irish, Italian, Jewish - have moved away. Change is inevitable. But we always have old Brooklyn in us. And I'm always surprised at how many Brattleburghers are from there.

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The little lit fest that's not so little any more

By
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Wednesday, October 1, 2014 — Issue 274

“The Brattleboro Literary Festival has gotten so big that it has become more difficult to promote what there is to see,” says Sandy Rouse, the festival's organizer and co-founder. “We are bringing in 52 authors for 40 events, and that is not including our local authors who are part of the open reading hosted by Write Action, which brings participants up to 60,” she explains. From Oct. 2 through 5, the 2014 Brattleboro Literary Festival hosts authors of everything from...

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