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Open meeting law needs update for the digital age

By
Howard Fairman
Wednesday, July 18, 2012 — Issue 161

VERNON — An open letter to Secretary of State Jim Condos:

Vermont needs a digital open meeting law.

During recent statewide and regional discussions about applying the Internet to local government, participants have asked ourselves whether the current open meeting law allows all that has become possible.

The Secretary of State and interested citizens, journalists, legislators, and officials should meet at a statewide conference to discuss updating Vermont's open meeting law to allow online transparency of government and prevent online collusion.

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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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Two county initiatives receive state agriculture grant money

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Wednesday, March 1, 2023 — Issue 704

The Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food, and Markets has announced grant awards from a new competitive round of Local Food Purchase Assistance funding, and two Windham County organizations are among the recipients of the total $200,000 awarded. SUSU commUNITY Farm in Newfane will receive $50,000 to launch an expanded, free CSA (community supported agriculture) program to provide “locally grown, culturally-relevant” vegetables for BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) families and new refugees. Retreat Farm's Community Food Project in Brattleboro...

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A modest proposal

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Dan Axtell
Wednesday, March 19, 2014 — Issue 246

Here's a modest proposal: a swap of westbound road names for Brattleboro and Westminster. Both towns have only one paved road to their west villages. Westminster's road is free of potholes and worthy of a grand-sounding name like “Western Avenue” to go along with “King's Highway.” The Patch family wouldn't object if Brattleboro borrowed the existing name. That way, Route 9 would have periodic street signs that state “Patch Road.”

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Diamond discusses her new book, ‘Screwnomics’

Wednesday, October 17, 2018 — Issue 481

The idea that women should always work for less or, even better, for free, is the economic theory explained in Screwnomics, the subject and title of a new book by Rickey Garde Diamond that she will discuss at Everyone's Books on Thursday, Oct. 18, at 6 p.m. The event is co-sponsored by the book store and the Brattleboro branch of the American Association of University Women. Despite a major shift in economic ideas over the past 50 years, few women...

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