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Focus on Act 46

On towns’ options for school choice and the pressure for change
Wednesday, May 4, 2016 — Issue 355

• Viewpoint: Education Secretary Rebecca Holcombe on towns' ultimate autonomy in offering school choice to their respective students.

• Counterpoint: Compass School Director Rick Gordon responds to Holcombe's piece.

• Viewpoint: David Schoales, a member of the Brattleboro Selectboard and Town School Board, offers his personal point of view on the rush to change.

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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‘Let’s go in with our eyes wide open’

By
Wendy M. Levy
Wednesday, December 21, 2016 — Issue 388

On a recent wintry morning full of school closures and delays, about 30 community members braved the steep, snow-packed driveway of the Winston Prouty Center's Austine Campus to sit together in a circle and talk about how grassroots efforts and legislative action can protect the civil rights of many Vermonters. The group, which met on Dec. 12 in Holton Hall, included social service leaders and their clients, students, six members of the Windham County delegation to the Legislature, and a...

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Arts

The healing power of nature, music, and poetry

By
Virginia Ray
Tuesday, September 24, 2024 — Issue 783

BRATTLEBORO-Lynn Levine's lifelong appreciation for music and nature, coupled with her personal history of anxiety and depression, have come together in her new book, Robin's Song. The author will present her book, envisioned for children in grades 3-6 but intended to appeal to adults as well, on Monday, Sept. 30, at Brooks Memorial Library from 7 to 8:30 p.m. In the story, Robin, a 12-year-old girl dealing with loss and anxiety, leaves Brooklyn to live in a small Vermont town...

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Voices

If we are unable to stop the imprisonment of these children, who will be next?

By
Ann Zimmerman
Wednesday, June 27, 2018 — Issue 465

Earlier this month, Oregon senator Jeff Merkley visited the Texas-Mexico border. It is difficult to minimize the horror of what he witnessed. Outside a dead Super Walmart, he was escorted by the police away from the facility without being able to witness the conditions inside. We know there are thousands of children being held in prison camps such as this facility. These children range in age from babies to teens. If a sitting senator is not permitted to see the...

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