BRATTLEBORO — Shut off air conditioning in all government offices in the 10 most offending countries*.
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When Vermont sent its first female representative to Washington this past year, it was in itself a historic moment. But U.S. Rep. Becca Balint, D-Vt., has become part of a greater, and more tragic history. She has found herself inside what she calls "a Republican Civil War." In the House, just days after mustering just enough votes for a last-minute 45-day funding bill that averted a shutdown of the federal government, Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., was ousted...
Rock Voices Brattleboro, the area's only community rock chorus, and director Bob Thies invite people to join them for an evening of choral music “like you've never heard it before,” says Thies. The concert will take place at the Brattleboro Union High School, 131 Fairground Road, on Friday, April 21, at 7 p.m. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Backed by a professional rock band, the choir will deliver the harmonies of songs by Janis Joplin, the Four Seasons, Justin Timberlake,
BRATTLEBORO-This afternoon at the Co-op, when I greeted a fellow with whom, for years, I have enjoyed mutually friendly encounters, I got ambushed. Without prelude or preliminaries, he accused me of hating Palestinians. Blind-sided, confused, offended, I wanted an explanation. "I read what you wrote in the paper," he said. "I suggest that you read more carefully," I replied. Writing about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, I knew, would be like walking across a minefield. In an opinion piece, I discussed suppression...
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