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No price is too high for firefighters’ work

By
Amy Whaley
Wednesday, January 27, 2016 — Issue 341

BRATTLEBORO — Unfortunately, the cost to provide emergency shelter and protection in a different facility while preparing a permanent home for the fire department is guaranteed to cost the town of Brattleboro more than any previous estimate. Scrambling is extraordinarily expensive in time, energy, and resources.

The Brattleboro Fire Department is willing to place premium price tags on every life firefighters rescue 24/7. In the last five years, downtown Brattleboro has been literally saved more than once by the courageous men in the BFD.

I don't believe any price tag is too high for the kind of work the BFD has done and continues to do for the town they love.

Voices

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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Selectboard repeals anti-panhandling ordinance

By
Wendy M. Levy
Wednesday, October 31, 2018 — Issue 483

Following guidance from the American Civil Liberties Union and the town's legal counsel, the Brattleboro Selectboard unanimously voted to repeal an anti-panhandling ordinance at their regular meeting on Oct. 16. During the comments period, Board members invited Brattleboro Police Chief Michael Fitzgerald to discuss how his officers are responding to the increase of people asking strangers for money, and people who are homeless, in the downtown district. This was the second public hearing of the ordinance change; the first occurred...

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Voices

An economic system has turned against the people

By
John Moran
Wednesday, December 11, 2019 — Issue 540

Abraham Lincoln and many others in his time were against slavery. Yet they opposed its abrupt end. To push for the abolition of an institution too entrenched to fail, they feared they would destroy the economy and cause civil conflict. Thus, permitting the existing evil was necessary to avoid what they considered a greater evil, the collapse of the Union. This claim betrayed millions of our fellow Americans, condemning them to shackles, suffering, and death. And it did not prevent...

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Arts

Main Street Arts celebrates grand re-opening

Wednesday, August 26, 2015 — Issue 320

Main Street Arts celebrates the completion of its major renovation with an open house on Saturday, Aug. 29, from 2 to 5 p.m. The non-profit community arts center, at 35 Main St., plans to celebrate with haiku, spin art, a magic show, and performances, with refreshments and tours of the building on offer. Rides on the elevator will show off new, full access to all activities at the center. “It has been a long process but we are happy with...

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