Brian Shafford

A respectful presence

WEST BRATTLEBORO-Here's a "Thank you!" to the Brattleboro police (and volunteers?) for their respectful presence at the protest on April 5.


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Completing a ‘shadow administration’

WEST BRATTLEBORO-A thank you to Tim Hayes for his thoughtful and thorough article on potentials for the Democratic Party. I would just like to complement his concept of a "shadow cabinet" by advocating for a complete "shadow administration" with officials including Kamala Harris, Tim Walz, Bernie Sanders, Becca Balint,

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Good job

WEST BRATTLEBORO-Emilie Kornheiser has done, and is doing, a wonderful job at representing us in West Brattleboro (District 7). Thanks (again), Emilie! Brian Shafford West Brattleboro This letter to the editor was submitted to The Commons. This piece, published in print in the Voices section or as a column...

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Abscess of malice

I have come to view Donald Trump simply as “The Abscess.”

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Can a criminal be president?

The Supreme Court hearings are over. What now remains to be seen is if the majority of the members of the court feel it is acceptable for the people of the United States to have (now and/or in the future) a known criminal for a president.

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Freecycle for Vermont Yankee?

I have some things around the house that I would be happy to contribute to Vermont Yankee to be used in their maintenance/repair program. Here's a partial list: • Most of a roll of duct tape, in pretty good shape; • Half a roll of electricians' tape; • A partial can of contact cement (sorry, no epoxy); • A can of mostly straight #8 nails (brights); • Some leftover scraps of wood I got from ReNew that I pulled the...

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