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The Brattleboro Representative Town Meeting Human Services Committee submitted recommended funding for human services nonprofits...
The Windham Southeast Supervisory Union School District (WSESUSD) school board is ready to hire a consultant to assess the school climate vis-a-vis evidence of former sexual abuse by a teacher and a current “climate of abuse” on the Brattleboro Union High School campus. However, legal counsel has advised against taking “investigative action” at this time. “We have identified an investigator we want to retain,” said WSESUSD Board Chair David Schoales on Oct. 18. “I cannot say when, because we have...
Elayne Clift (elayne-clift.com) has written this column about women, politics, and social issues from the earliest days of this newspaper. BRATTLEBORO-Let's get right to it: The shocking decision about presidential immunity by the Supreme Court has us non-Trumpers in a place of deep anxiety and overt fear. We know that our lives and our kids' futures will be forever changed by a court that has become so outrageously biased and openly political that it is not hyperbolic to charge them...
The 23rd Annual In-Sight Photography exhibition and benefit auction will open on Friday, Sept. 3, from 5 to 8 p.m., during September's Gallery Walk. Proceeds support the scholarship fund at In-Sight, which empowers youth through photography to find their own creative voices and to communicate their unique personal visions. Classes in photographic arts are provided to youth regardless of ability to pay. Curriculum is guided by an understanding and respect for individuals, communities, and cultures. Works are donated by local,
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