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Amazing birds by any name

By
Sandy Capponcelli
Wednesday, April 18, 2012 — Issue 148

ATHENS — RE: “A buzzard is a buteo, not a vulture,” [Tails of Birding, April 11.]

I am not a birder, but I enjoy birds. I have always called these birds turkey vultures. I suppose I like the word “vulture”; it seems dark and wonderful.

I am a fan of these birds. To watch them as they glide through the air is amazing. Even yesterday, right on Main Street in downtown Brattleboro, I was able to spend my time waiting for the lights to change watching them glide above the River Garden area.

They are not buzzards, they are wonders of nature.

Voices

The power of protest

By
Mary McCallum

Mary McCallum used to contribute regularly to the commentary series that used to air on...

We have a well-founded fear based on firsthand experience

By
Timothy Belknap

Timothy Belknap describes himself as a "downtown resident and Brattleboro lover." BRATTLEBORO-The yes vote to...

‘Tropes and lies’

By
Eileen Hayes Arama

WEST TOWNSHEND-When I learned, as a girl, about the lead-up to Kristallnacht, I had thought...

Victimizing a merchant over poorly chosen words

By
Phillip Macracken

BRATTLEBORO-The headline made me curious enough to read this one person's opinion of a local...

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Around the Towns

Wednesday, February 1, 2012 — Issue 137

Library eBook borrowing surges in 2011 BRATTLEBORO - According to the most recent report from the Pew Internet and Life Project, the number of Americans owning at least one tablet computer, eBook reader, or other digital reading device jumped from 18 percent in December to 29 percent in January. Brooks Memorial Library patrons love to download. In 2011, library members borrowed 721 titles, ranking it third in Vermont behind Rutland (743) and Essex Free Library (761). Of the 139 libraries...

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Voices

So, how do we fix our political system?

By
Daniel Kasnitz
Wednesday, November 7, 2012 — Issue 177

RE: “America at a crossroads” [Viewpoint, Oct. 31]: In response to my article concerning the similarities and differences of the two parties that have a headlock on our political process, a number of folks have asked me: “OK, so what do we do about it?” I am very troubled by the problem that arises in a close race when a progressive candidate leeches votes from a moderate, resulting in a win for a reactionary candidate. The problem is that the...

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Arts

Boatbuilding on a dramatic scale

Wednesday, January 2, 2013 — Issue 184

Graeme King, of King Boatworks in Putney, has been hard at work in recent months building an ark. No, King doesn't have the skinny on another great flood. As it happens, he's building the ark at the request of Opera Theatre of Weston co-producers Lise Messier and Nan Nall, who plan to put it to work as set design for their production of Noye's Fludde (Noah's Flood) by Benjamin Britten. The company will celebrate the centennial of the British composer's...

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