Voices
Focus on Act 46
On towns’ options for school choice and the pressure for change
Jason Cooper, a real estate investor, developer, and property manager, has served as a steering...
Jessica Dolan, Ph.D. (District 8) is a Brattleboro Representative Town Meeting member. BRATTLEBORO-Our predecessors were...
Emilie Kornheiser, Ian Goodnow, Mollie Burke, Michael Mrowicki, and Zon Eastes are state representatives; Nader...
SPRINGFIELD-On April 16, during his inaugural speech as secretary of health and human services, Robert...
TOWNSHEND-As fundraising continues for a new rural health clinic, Olivia Sweetnam has been named the new chief executive officer at Grace Cottage Family Health & Hospital. On July 1, Sweetnam will replace Doug DiVello, who announced plans last December to retire when a replacement was hired. A graduate of Queen's University in Ontario, Canada, with a bachelor of science degree in nursing, Sweetnam received her master of nursing science and master of public health degrees from Yale University. The chief...
On Thursday, April 29, at 7 p.m., the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center (BMAC) will present a live Zoom conversation with Kenny Rivero, a Dominican American artist and musician; gallery director Charles Moffett; and artist and academic Michael Jevon Demps. The three will discuss Rivero's first solo museum exhibition - “Palm Oil, Rum, Honey, Yellow Flowers,” on view at BMAC through Sunday, June 13 - as well as the commonalities between Rivero's and Demps's work. Rivero describes his drawings as...
Vermont's mental health system is poised to move millions of dollars toward the wrong side of history by prioritizing control and psychiatric incarceration over community care and voluntary support. Community members and legislators can act now to prevent decades of harm and address our communities' real needs. The governor's budget this year includes $11.6 million for a new 16-bed “secure residential” facility in Essex to replace the current seven-bed Middlesex Therapeutic Community Residence (TCR). The new facility would also be...
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