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Shameful sham of American justice

By
Susan Aldridge
Wednesday, February 19, 2020 — Issue 549

BRATTLEBORO — The Senate votes against allowing witnesses or testimony. President Trump is charged with abuse of power and obstruction of justice. He refused to send subpoenaed information to the House, refused to let subpoenaed people testify to the House, and a small majority of Senators shamefully shammed justice as they stand as bystanders to the bully by refusing to allow any witnesses or testimony in the Senate.

They were wrong. The American public has watched the impeachment process.

We are all witnesses to this shameful sham of American justice! And it matters!

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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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Selectboard switches to Zoom for its online meetings

Wednesday, August 5, 2020 — Issue 573

Beginning this week, Selectboard meetings will take place on Zoom. The decision to change the platform came after the board's discussion about the advantages of using Zoom for Representative Town Meeting, Selectboard Chair Tim Wessel said in a news release. According to Wessel, Zoom is more user-friendly and “more well-known to regular users than GoToMeeting,” the service that the town has been using for remote public meetings during the pandemic. Another plus for using Zoom for Selectboard meetings: The town...

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Voices

So much for ‘local control’

By
Isaac Evans-Frantz
Wednesday, February 16, 2022 — Issue 651

As voting rights are under attack nationally, Brattleboro residents voted in 2019 to go a different path and expand the right to vote in local elections to 16- and 17-year-olds. On Feb. 11, however, Gov. Phil Scott signaled he would veto this change to the town's charter. Gov. Scott has hidden behind cries for “local control” in burdening local school officials with mask policy-setting and blowback. But when it comes to expanding voting rights, apparently he has no respect for...

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Arts

Vermont Center for Photography artists display work at NXT Gallery

Wednesday, August 9, 2023 — Issue 726

NXT Gallery is hosting an exhibit of diverse photographic works from Aug. 19 though Nov. 12 on the second floor of Next Stage Arts, 15 Kimball Hill. Entitled "Four Perspectives," the exhibit represents the work of Al Karevy, Davida Carta, Joshua Farr, and Vaune Trachtman - four local artists who are members of the Vermont Center for Photography in downtown Brattleboro. "The Vermont Center for Photography's group show is an opportunity for us to highlight a peer cultural organization and...

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