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We had to abandon our house

By
Ted Hartke
Wednesday, December 16, 2015 — Issue 336

Windham residents need to protect their community from all wind developers.

InvEnergy's application in Vermilion County, Ill. said that the noise would not cause sleep disturbance. Eleven months after InvEnergy's turbines started operations 1,665 feet and 2,225 feet from our home, we abandoned it to move to a mobile home trailer 8 miles away.

That was in December 2013. Our house remains for sale, and there are no prospective buyers. Nobody wants to live in a wind farm. We are stuck with a wonderful house next to health-destroying wind turbines.

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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Housing, dignity, respect, and a place at the table

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Wednesday, July 24, 2019 — Issue 520

In the intensifying conversation about homelessness in town, the question of whether dislocated and unhoused people can have a voice and a seat at the table has often been raised but rarely enacted. On Monday, July 22, that voice got louder and the message became more visible with a full-throated demand for inclusion in the discussion about homelessness from the people with the least amount of agency: those without homes. A small group of homeless individuals - and a larger...

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White, Mrowicki earn votes from outgoing representative

By
David L. Deen
Wednesday, August 8, 2018 — Issue 471

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‘Seussical the Musical’ comes to BFUHS

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