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May I remove that sticker?

By
Gina Faro
Wednesday, August 5, 2020 — Issue 573

BRATTLEBORO — My ballot is filled out, and though in some regards I don't care who sees who I voted for, but given the current state of surveillance and near-state of autocracy, I noticed the sticker on the “voted ballot envelope” has my name and address on it, and find that very disconcerting. I pretty much trust no one.

Please advise. May I remove that sticker? Is the sticker there only because it was mailed to me - and then, should not people be told they could remove the sticker for privacy?

Voices

I can grasp what a massive environmental problem we’re facing. Or I try to.

By
Annie Landenberger

Annie Landenberger is a freelance writer who contributes regularly to these pages. WILLIAMSVILLE-I marched with...

Local antisemitism threatens safety of Jewish Vermonters

By
Michael Knapp

Michael Knapp is a software developer and entrepreneur who is passionate about social justice. GUILFORD-As...

Green Mountain RSVP appreciates funding

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Green Mountain RSVP

Green Mountain Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (GMRSVP) would like to thank the voters of...

Greater Falls Connections thanks voters for support

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Greater Falls Connections

BELLOWS FALLS-Greater Falls Connections (GFC), a substance misuse prevention coalition located in Bellows Falls, thanks...

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Selectboard rejects proposal to declare climate emergency, approves renewable-energy funding

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Wednesday, September 25, 2019 — Issue 529

The Selectboard voted 3–2 against a proposal for a Declaration of Climate Emergency after the third hearing on the proposal by a local grassroots organization, Brattleboro Common Sense, and an international coalition, The Climate Mobilization, to declare a climate emergency in town. In contrast, later that evening, the Selectboard authorized using $16,333.12 to fund local renewable-energy projects in response to a resolution from the 2018 Annual Representative Town Meeting, a resolution also put forward by Brattleboro Common Sense. Mark Tully,

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Voices

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Spoon Agave, a former member of the Selectboard and Development Review Board in Brattleboro, serves as a Representative Town Meeting member for District 8. Having known Kurt Daims and his organization Brattleboro Common Sense for many years, I have followed with interest the brouhaha he created when he bought, at his own expense, a couple of old RVs and parked them in his driveway to shelter a few of the homeless population. I did see these vehicles and, though they...

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Arts

Digital artist Anne Spalter discusses NFTs in BMAC online talk

Wednesday, May 5, 2021 — Issue 611

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