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What’s the deal with the marijuana plant limits?

By
Janis Hall
Wednesday, March 14, 2018 — Issue 450

BRATTLEBORO — I started writing a letter to add a horticultural voice of reason to the discussion about amending marijuana plant number limits. But when I looked up the issue on the Legislature's website, I found that S.216 is an Act Related to Prescription Drugs, which was signed into law some time ago.

I would like to understand what's really going on. Is there anything happening that might affect medical marijuana plant limits?

Will you help clarify this issue, so readers can understand if they should call or write about this and, if so, which bill and legislative committee to address?

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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Dummerston considers changes to Town Meeting

By
Randolph T. Holhut
Wednesday, December 2, 2020 — Issue 590

Town Meeting Day may be three months away, but one town is already considering scrapping an in-person meeting in favor of voting on the Annual Town Meeting warning articles by Australian ballot. The Selectboard says it is weighing this option, rather than holding the traditional Town Meeting at the Dummerston School gymnasium. The question is on the agenda for the Wednesday, Dec. 2 board meeting, which begins at 6 p.m. on Zoom. Access to the meeting is available by phone...

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Voices

The politicians are the ones who are inflaming people irrationally

By
Daniel Towler
Wednesday, August 26, 2020 — Issue 576

Unlike a letter writer in your Aug. 12 issue, I had no problem whatsoever with the semantics or the emphasis in MacLean Gander's essay about COVID-19. As he says, although we here in Vermont are in better shape than most other states, the virus does not respect borders and this is no time to relax our vigilance. The thing we have to fear with this virus is people not taking it seriously enough, rather than taking it too seriously. The...

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Arts

The Steamboats chug into Bellows Falls

Wednesday, September 19, 2018 — Issue 477

The Steamboats, an ensemble of picker-singer-songwriters, combine reverence for the American vocal group with a progressive sensibility all their own. They will perform a Stone Church Arts concert at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 22, in the Chapel at Immanuel Episcopal Church, the stone church on the hill, at 20 Church St., Bellows Falls. Singers Nick Throop, Mario Rincon, and Jon Jaffee hone gospel and a capella backgrounds, their soaring harmonies reminiscent of The Soul Stirrers and Fleet Foxes alike.

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