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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 Dems have no one but themselves to blame

By
Dan DeWalt

Dan DeWalt, a frequent contributor to these pages and one of the founders of this...

Why we lost: the fake-news bubble

By
Steev Lynn

Steev Lynn works internationally, currently reporting on the civil war in Myanmar after a military...

Mental health care should prioritize clinical outcomes over activism

By
Denise Gebroe

CAVENDISH-It's crucial to address the underlying motivations behind this opposition about HCRS's use of AI...

Building housing and community, together

By
Marcella Eversole

The writer is a member of the Putney Housing Solutions Task Force, a community group...

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Sunday, October 30, 2022 — Issue 686

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Brattleboro school board vote defies will of people

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Judy Davidson
Wednesday, January 10, 2018 — Issue 441

Voters in Brattleboro need to know that, on Dec. 20, the Brattleboro School Board ignored the will of the voters and voted 3–2 against the Alternative Governance Structure application and instead asked the State Board of Education to impose the defeated school merger proposal on our community. I was not able to attend the meeting but watched most of it on BCTV. What was most disturbing about the meeting was the way the chair of the School Board ran the...

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Arts

Three novelists to discuss their work at Village Square Booksellers

Wednesday, July 21, 2021 — Issue 622

Three New England novelists who love to weave stories with strong characters who prevail against the odds will visit Village Square Booksellers, 32 The Square, on Thursday, July 22, at 5 p.m. Rev. Jane Willan, Eileen O'Finlan, and Eileen Charbonneau, who call themselves the Scribe Sisters, invite all to join them for a talk about their books and their writing process in what will be the bookstore's first in-person event since the pandemic and shutdown. Willan is the author of...

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