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Voices

Using the magic word

By
Blake Hennessy
Wednesday, January 16, 2013 — Issue 186

BRATTLEBORO — The light by the Co-op is not working.

So I wanted to write to say that.

Please fix it.

Voices

Our birth center is worth saving. Are we willing to save it?

By
Corina Tennant, M.D.

Corina Tennant, M.D., is a board-certified OB/GYN, chief of obstetrics and gynecology at Brattleboro Memorial...

Financial sustainability matters. But community sustainability matters, too.

By
Deena Chadwick

Deena Chadwick is a Brattleboro business owner and resident.  BRATTLEBORO-As a small business owner, I've spent...

Can we say our Democratic experiment has succeeded?

By
Steev Lynn

Steev Lynn is an international development professional who raised kids in Brattleboro and now lives...

To replace birthing center, how would we pay for it?

By
Kate Barry

SAXTONS RIVER-If we want to have a real, productive (pun intended) discussion about replacing the...

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