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Voices

Maybe try walking

By
Jeremy White
Wednesday, October 12, 2016 — Issue 378

WILMINGTON — Maybe try walking, since you can't drive safely (so you say). And slow the hell down if you can't stop. Genius.

Voices

An American birthday party

By
Anita Rafael

Anita Rafael is a Wardsboro writer whose work has appeared in myriad newspapers and magazines,

Civics can lead to something greater: virtue

By
Meg Mott

Meg Mott (megmott.com) is a professor emerita, former town moderator, and self-described Constitution Wrangler and...

Does Paul Revere belong in the Fourth of July parade?

By
Tim Stevenson

Tim Stevenson ([email protected]) is a community organizer with Post Oil Solutions. He is the author...

The case that redefined U.S. schools

By
Bill Holiday

Bill Holiday, a retired veteran social studies teacher of 48 years, believes in exposing students...

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Legal experts highlight challenges for nonprofits in current federal landscape

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Lauren Harkawik
Tuesday, November 18, 2025 — Issue 841

Legal experts gathered for an online panel about challenges being faced by Vermont's creative and nonprofit community amid an ever-evolving federal landscape. Specifically, the presentation focused on how organizations are faring under executive orders that aim to impact funding decisions. "We want to make sure that the business community, whether you are for profit or nonprofit, is aware of current legal issues," said Nicole Killoran, attorney, professor of law, and director of the Vermont Small Business Law Center, which provides...

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‘Depicting the perfect strange beauty of plants’

Wednesday, December 21, 2022 — Issue 695

In spring 2019, artist Madge Evers saw Emily Dickinson's “Herbarium” for the first time. Later that year, during a walk in Northampton, Massachusetts, Evers began to conceptualize a herbarium of her own. “There, in the cracks and along the sidewalk, plants were busting out all over,” Evers said in an interview with the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center (BMAC) for the museum's blog, Art Loves Company. “Tendrils of frost grape vine were raising their arms, literally waving at me. Lush...

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A discussion about police and guns

By
Kurt Daims
Wednesday, October 23, 2019 — Issue 533

Brattleboro Common Sense (BCS) and the Brattleboro Police Department have discussed the pros and cons of patrols without sidearms. BCS first proposed the practice to Chief Michael Fitzpatrick in 2017. In a meeting Oct. 8, consulting economist Adam Marchesseault and I presented research findings that support the safety of weaponless patrols, and the chief consented to our group interviewing officers and the department's use-of-force instructors to hear their thoughts and concerns. In some places, officers rely on backup from sharpshooters...

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