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Moran: Thanks, and good luck to Sibilia

By
John Moran
Wednesday, November 26, 2014 — Issue 282

WARDSBORO — My wife Cherie and I thank all who supported me during the campaign and voted for me on Nov. 4.

We appreciate the focus on economic development from Philip Gilpin Jr., and we wish Laura Sibilia success as the new Windham-Bennington representative.

I will continue my advocacy for affordable, universal health care, for local education decision-making with reduced property taxes, and a worker- and business-friendly Vermont, combining economic development with a livable wage for all.

Thank you again.

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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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Israel and Hamas: both guilty of civilian slaughter

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Author of The Full Vermonty: Vermont in the Age of Trump to read at Bartleby’s

Wednesday, January 31, 2018 — Issue 444

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