BRATTLEBORO — Don't believe that Senator Jeanette White didn't understand that the Senate's marijuana legalization bill got transformed into a sellout to corporate interests.
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Dan DeWalt, a frequent contributor to these pages and one of the founders of this...
Steev Lynn works internationally, currently reporting on the civil war in Myanmar after a military...
CAVENDISH-It's crucial to address the underlying motivations behind this opposition about HCRS's use of AI...
The writer is a member of the Putney Housing Solutions Task Force, a community group...
When Christine Linn tells people “we have homeless youth in Brattleboro,” she says, “they don't believe me.” Linn has firsthand knowledge of the situation: A couple of decades ago, she was a homeless young person in Brattleboro. In April, Linn was appointed as director of youth development at Youth Services. In this position, she works directly with homeless youth and oversees others who assist them. She is in charge of local host homes that provide respite for runaway teens, and...
It's not fashionable to talk about class in the United States, but we've got it. It is based on money. Unless you are in the top one-tenth of 1 percent of Americans (165,000 households), you and your demographic peers have lost ground. In 2016, these top households had a net worth of at least $30 million (I wonder if the president qualifies) and income of over $1.1 million dollars (I suspect the President made it). The top 1 percent are...
CX Silver Gallery presents “Putney School Dynamic,” a group show celebrating the creativity of Putney School faculty and staff on display at the gallery through May 12. According to a news release, the paintings, drawings, prints, sculptures, and videos “are from contemplation, the joy of doing and learning, the documenting of inner and outer observations, connecting with the archetypal and the elemental, [and] windows into the unique trajectories of [the artists.]” Featured artists are Sue Brearey, Brian Cohen, Gordon Jones,
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