As an employee and shareholder of the Brattleboro Food Co-op, I have to question the validity of many of the signatures on the petition during the recent union organization drive [News, Sept. 12].
When questionable and inappropriate tactics are used to get people to sign, that is not a “vote” for the union.
People are signing so that they will be left alone after being approached over and over again, usually while they are trying to work.
Mary McCallum used to contribute regularly to the commentary series that used to air on...
Timothy Belknap describes himself as a "downtown resident and Brattleboro lover." BRATTLEBORO-The yes vote to...
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Vermont Yankee's current and prospective owners are expanding their quest to keep “highly sensitive” information about their finances and business dealings out of the public eye. That information newly at issue includes detailed financial data for NorthStar Group Services, the nuclear plant's proposed buyer. It also includes “descriptions of several types of risk” Entergy faces if it continues to own Vermont Yankee. The state Public Utility Commission's review of the Vermont Yankee sale has produced reams of public documents. But...
I will be a candidate to be elected Brattleboro Representative Town Meeting moderator. A lawyer by trade, I have worked for 17{1/2} years at the Windham County State's Attorney's Office prosecuting serious felony and other cases. My municipal service in Brattleboro includes: • six years on Selectboard, with four years as chair • three years on the Brattleboro Union High School board • 2{1/2} years on Town School Board • Nine years on Development Review Board, with 5 years as...
The internationally acclaimed U.S. Army Jazz Ambassadors of Washington, D.C., will present a free public performance at the Brattleboro Union High School Auditorium on Sunday, Oct. 30, at 2 p.m. The concert is sponsored by American Legion Post 5. As the premier touring big band for the U.S. Army, the Jazz Ambassadors band travels thousands of miles each year throughout the nation and abroad, “keeping the will of the American people behind the members of the armed forces and supporting...
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