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TODAY’S FEATURE/NEWS

Digging out

Power will be out for days for some after a Nor’easter slams Windham County with wet, heavy snow — snapping trees, downing utility lines, closing roads, and slowing life to a crawl

Hours after the snow stopped falling, Windham County continued to dig out from a late-winter nor’easter that dumped 3 feet of snow — or more — in many spots in higher elevations.... Continue reading story

TODAY’S FEATURE/NEWS

Digging out

Power will be out for days for some after a Nor’easter slams Windham County with wet, heavy snow — snapping trees, downing utility lines, closing roads, and slowing life to a crawl

Hours after the snow stopped falling, Windham County continued to dig out from a late-winter nor’easter that dumped 3 feet of snow — or more — in many spots in higher elevations.... Continue reading story

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NEWS

Digging out

Power will be out for days for some after a Nor’easter slams Windham County with wet, heavy snow — snapping trees, downing utility lines, closing roads, and slowing life to a crawl

BRATTLEBORO

Vermonters turn fight to the financiers of climate change

A nationwide protest, including an action in Burlington, will call on major U.S. banks to end investments in fossil fuels

BRATTLEBORO

In Montpelier, climate change meets public policy

Two Windham County legislators have a large influence on state transportation policy in a state where ‘we need cars to get around’

BRATTLEBORO

WSESD chair foreshadows an update on abuse probe

More a year has passed since the WSESD board engaged an independent investigation into decades-long sexual abuse allegations

BRATTLEBORO

WSESD to propose $62.7 million for next school year budget

• Annual Town Meeting roundup, round two: More news and notes from Town Meeting Day from around Windham County

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TOWN & VILLAGE

• NAMI Family-to-Family classes announced

• Brattleboro Area Farmers’ Market seeks new vendors

• Around the Towns

• Curriculum-building workshop ‘Teaching Reconstruction’ explores Black history

• Elwell joins Groundworks staff as interim deputy executive director

• BMH Board of Directors adopts resolutions on climate change, social justice

• Event celebrates Women’s History Month, women-owned businesses

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MILESTONES

• Milestones

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SPORTS

BARRE

Winooski’s second-half surge ends BF boys’ title run

• Five local players selected for Shrine team

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VOICES

BRATTLEBORO

Safe, stable housing is a critical part of child development

A child develops in the context of family and community. An ample supply of affordable places to live fosters a host of benefits for families — and communities. VIEWPOINT by Chloe Learey

HALIFAX

Let’s fix this wedge between kids and their mentors

A House bill would eliminate prohibitions and penalties on the purchase, use, and possession of tobacco products, replacing a law that we’re not enforcing — and leading to potential conversations LEGISLATIVE UPDATE by Tristan Roberts

LEGISLATIVE UPDATE • Mid-session update: justice, education, and more: ‘Serving in Montpelier has been an incredibly rewarding experience (aside from getting Covid), and I am enjoying each opportunity I get to support local communities’

LETTERS FROM READERS • It is important to celebrate the mothers here at home

LETTERS FROM READERS • Putney group wants residents to add housing in their own backyard — literally

LETTERS FROM READERS • ‘Wild and inaccurate accusations’ against Peter Case

LETTERS FROM READERS • We need affordable units, but there must be a better site

ESSAY • Three years later, moving forward gently: ‘I’m not feeling functionally traumatized about Covid. But I am feeling a deep well of sadness that I didn’t realize was still there’

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ARTS

BRATTLEBORO

Early silent films to screen in Brattleboro

Works from Alfred Hitchcock and groundbreaking woman director Lois Weber come to Epsilon Spires

• Multimedia art exhibit about social justice on display at Landmark College

• Next Stage hosts The Foreign Landers on March 16

• ‘The Children’ explores generational responsibility

• Annie Patterson and Peter Blood perform in benefit for CASP

• Wendy’s Soiree Series returns with concert by Su Terry

• Arts, humanities curators speak at Next Stage Arts

• Putney Library hosts talk on ‘The Most Costly Journey’

• Podcast explores creative minds in the region

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