Voices
Focus on Act 46
On towns’ options for school choice and the pressure for change
Rick Holmes, of Marlboro, is a retired newspaper editor and columnist. MARLBORO-Ho Chi Minh City,
BRATTLEBORO-In Brattleboro, a significant amount of public discourse happens online. While social media can be...
GREENFIELD, MASS.-When I saw the cover of The Commons, I decided to look over this...
BRATTLEBORO-The Brattleboro Area Interfaith Youth Group went off to Asheville, North Carolina! The multicultural group...
The newest room inside Grace Cottage Hospital's Emergency Department doesn't have a lot of high-tech bells and whistles. But some of the space's most important features aren't easily spotted: There's a door that swings both ways; reinforced walls; a security camera connected to the nurses' station; and remotely activated electrical outlets. It's all part of Grace Cottage's new “safe room,” a space designed to help the Townshend hospital deal with an increasing number of emergency patients struggling with mental health...
PUTNEY-Next Stage Arts Project and Twilight Music present singer-songwriter Carsie Blanton and her Handsome Band, plus fellow singer-songwriter Milton at Next Stage, 15 Kimball Hill, on Thursday, May 9, at 7 p.m. Blanton has been described as a songwriter with "hooks, chutzpah, and revolutionary optimism," say organizers in a news release. Inspired by artist-activists including Nina Simone and Woody Guthrie, her catalog includes American popular song from folk and swing to pop-punk protest anthems. Her "unique mix of hook-driven pop...
The writer is a member of the board of directors of Citizens Awareness Network. EASTHAMPTON, MASS.-Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station (VYNPS, or VY) is coming down as you read this. It may surprise you to hear from this long-time antinuclear activist that there is much to be grateful for with VY's decommissioning. With the participation of local activists, the state worked out a fairly robust agreement with the owner of VY, NorthStar, to monitor all cleanup and financial activities and...
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