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Voices

Water should be free

By
Cassie Hill
Wednesday, January 18, 2017 — Issue 391

VERNON — Water should be for everyone.

When some people poison water, it affects a community's health, and when some people own water, it means others won't have enough.

Some people think that water should not be for everyone, but I think that's wrong. I think all of this evidence shows that water should be free for everyone - because water might get taken away from you and me.

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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Milder weather, with some showery periods, as spring is slow to arrive

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Dave Hayes
Wednesday, March 28, 2018 — Issue 452

Good day to you, southeastern denizens of the Green Mountain State! After a very cold, stormy and snowy month of March, our pattern has finally changed. This is because the large area of high pressure that acted as a blocking feature to our north (which forced storms south of New England) has broken down. The main impact in terms of short-term weather for southern Vermont will involve a warm frontal passage very early Wednesday morning. This will produce a period...

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BMAC hosts curator tour of Kinder portrait exhibit

Wednesday, August 19, 2020 — Issue 575

The Brattleboro Museum & Art Center (BMAC) presents a free tour of the exhibit “Steven Kinder: 552,830,” led by curator Katherine Gass Stowe, on Thursday, Aug. 27, at 7:30 p.m. Stowe will offer the tour via Zoom and Facebook Live. Taking its name from the number of people who were unsheltered in the United States in 2018, the exhibit features portraits of people experiencing homelessness. Kinder's large-scale monochromatic canvases are suspended, unframed, from the gallery ceiling. In a news release,

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Voices

Sugar’s Closet a success

By
Deborah Bucknam
Wednesday, January 31, 2018 — Issue 444

On Dec. 15, Parks Place Community Resource Center held Sugar's Closet, a holiday program designed to reach those in need of a little extra help during the holiday season. This event was made possible with the help of a very special donor who was inspired by her late mother who never wanted to see a child go without during the holidays. Sugar's Closet uses a unique model that allows parents and guardians to “shop” free of charge for their children.

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