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TODAY’S FEATURE/VOICES/VIEWPOINT

So simple and so obvious

‘I have spent a lot of time feeling powerless and worrying over the future of our once-pristine land and our dying oceans. But as consumers, we do have a huge amount of power.’

NEWFANE—Those of us who are lucky to grow up in the country learn a lot just from looking at what goes on around us in the garden and on the farm.

If you grew up in the ’60s, you probably burned your trash out in a bin, but at some point you figured out that was not such a great solution, so you stopped doing it.... Continue reading story

TODAY’S FEATURE/VOICES

So simple and so obvious

‘I have spent a lot of time feeling powerless and worrying over the future of our once-pristine land and our dying oceans. But as consumers, we do have a huge amount of power.’

NEWFANE—Those of us who are lucky to grow up in the country learn a lot just from looking at what goes on around us in the garden and on the farm.

If you grew up in the ’60s, you probably burned your trash out in a bin, but at some point you figured out that was not such a great solution, so you stopped doing it.... Continue reading story

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NEWS

BRATTLEBORO

Brattleboro businesses praise rapid flood fix

Downtown stores, River Garden suffer water damage from broken sprinkler line valve

BRATTLEBORO

House approves partial extensions for Act 46 mergers

No reprieve for Windham County schools, but some lawmakers still await results of court case

BRATTLEBORO

Groundworks’ funding request moves forward

If $500,000 grant application for new shelter/food shelf is approved from CDBG program, town will give $50,000 for project from loan interest proceeds

• Hearings prompt new state rep ‘to sit and listen deeply’: Kornheiser discusses a context of civility in the Statehouse and what economic development truly means for those of us in Windham County

• Meteorological seesaw continues with wintry active pattern

• Broken sprinkler line causes downtown flooding

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TOWN & VILLAGE

• Big Brothers Big Sisters are recipients of Vermont Mentoring Grants

• Rich Earth Institute receives multiple grants to expand urine diversion efforts

• Around the Towns

• Putney hosts reading series for Black History Month

• Emerald ash borer takes aim at local trees

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MILESTONES

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SPORTS

• International field competes at ski jump this weekend

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VOICES

NEWFANE

So simple and so obvious

‘I have spent a lot of time feeling powerless and worrying over the future of our once-pristine land and our dying oceans. But as consumers, we do have a huge amount of power.’ VIEWPOINT by Johanna Gardner

NEWFANE

We have a choice: action or complicity

Every one of us is also guilty of the Trump administration’s criminal family separation policies, unless we are actively working to reverse them. And we can do just that, one ICE employee and elected official at a time. VIEWPOINT by Dan DeWalt

WESTMINSTER

A love that crosses countries and cultures

A group of young Kurdish Iraqis who came to Windham County in an exchange program get a visit from their group leader — their ‘American mom’ DISPATCH by Michelle Bos-Lun

LETTERS FROM READERS • Actively seeking solutions for towns and school districts under Act 46

LETTERS FROM READERS • Submarine veterans invited to commissioning ceremony for USS Vermont

LETTERS FROM READERS • Our world needs to foster the means to plan pregnancies

LETTERS FROM READERS • Rental inspections: ‘For people like me, where does it end?’

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ARTS

MARLBORO

Play on!

Marlboro Music inks deal to remain at Marlboro College for next century

• In Stile Moderno returns to Brattleboro for Valentine’s concert

• Prison Story Project to be presented at Marlboro College

• Photo exhibit opens at Canal Street Art Gallery

• BUHS to present 'Pippin'

• Painting raffle to help asylum seekers

• Vermont teens recognized for excellence in art and writing

• Rock River Players present Valentine cabaret

• Town Schools Theatre presents ‘Winter Festival’

• Film explores Picasso’s early years as a painter

• BMC Chamber Series continues with the Escher Quartet

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