TOWNSHEND — If you were at the Bellows Falls Village Meeting, it was obvious the 2-to-1 margin of the budget vote was all firefighters who voted that budget back in - and only a handful of citizens.
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Beautiful weather on Tuesday and a record number of registered voters combined to make the 2016 election one for the record books in Vermont. As of Tuesday afternoon, Secretary of State Jim Condos said that 470,799 Vermonters were registered to vote, which Condos said is an all-time high. The previous Vermont record was about 454,000 in 2008. That year's election saw a 71.9 percent turnout, also a record. This year, Brattleboro reported a 69 percent turnout, or 6,005 of 8,701...
Next Stage Arts Project and Twilight Music present indie/folk/rock quintet Winterpills, plus Roots-Rock/Junk-Folk trio Rusty Belle at Next Stage on Saturday, Feb. 21, at 7:30 p.m. One of the most exciting bands to emerge from Northampton, Mass., in recent years, Winterpills plays haunting, delicate, dynamic music with shimmering melodies and aching lyrics. Critically praised as a mirror of sorrows and a beacon of hope, Philip Price (vocals, guitar, keyboards), Flora Reed (vocals, keyboards), Dennis Crommett (vocals, guitar), Max Germer (bass)
After reading this piece, I felt compelled to speak for myself as to why I've grown tired of the negative, nasty message of some left-leaning individuals in our country. As a white woman who primarily votes Republican and Libertarian, it is presumed that I am just about every kind of -phobe and -ist, and that I am guilty of every -ism there is. These accusations are hurled by people who have never even met me (or the millions of other...
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