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Voices

May I remove that sticker?

By
Gina Faro
Wednesday, August 5, 2020 — Issue 573

BRATTLEBORO — My ballot is filled out, and though in some regards I don't care who sees who I voted for, but given the current state of surveillance and near-state of autocracy, I noticed the sticker on the “voted ballot envelope” has my name and address on it, and find that very disconcerting. I pretty much trust no one.

Please advise. May I remove that sticker? Is the sticker there only because it was mailed to me - and then, should not people be told they could remove the sticker for privacy?

Voices

We’ve become a business with a community problem

By
Hannah Sorila

Hannah Sorila is a writer and community organizer who aims to align intention and impact...

What has the U.S. done?

By
Kate Kenner

GUILFORD-So Trump has been elected - again. If last time was bad, this time will...

Keeping faith in ‘interesting times’

By
The Beloved Community VT

The writers note that they originally sent this letter to their congregation. "We offer it...

Election results: obvious, but still shocking

By
M.N. Scherbatskoy

WESTMINSTER WEST-Thank you to David Brooks for clearly saying in his Nov. 8 New York...

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Proposed rental ordinance returns to table

By
Olga Peters
Wednesday, November 25, 2020 — Issue 589

The Selectboard, having learned of potential alternatives to ease financial burdens for tenants and landlords, will reconsider an ordinance that would cap the up-front costs required to rent an apartment in town. In December, the town will take up the proposal from the Tenants Union of Brattleboro (TUB) for a town ordinance that would prohibit landlords from collecting advance rent from a new tenant beyond the first month's rent and a security deposit. Most housing organizations cite a 5-percent vacancy...

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Voices

Why can’t Brattleboro businesses hire people with disabilities?

By
Michael MacDonald
Wednesday, December 11, 2019 — Issue 540

I saw on BCTV that the Selectboard and Downtown Brattleboro Alliance want to advertise for gay and lesbian people to come visit Brattleboro, and I'm all for that. I am an ally of gay and lesbian people. One of the problems with the Downtown Brattleboro Alliance is that they talk about local food and local business but then don't talk about inclusion in the workplace. What I'm talking about is that I see no disabled people who are working in...

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Arts

‘Ask the River’ opening at BMAC celebrates the Connecticut

Wednesday, February 12, 2020 — Issue 548

The Brattleboro Museum & Art Center presents an opening celebration for “Ask the River” on Saturday, Feb. 15, at 11 a.m. Admission is free and open to the public. “Ask the River” will be on view at BMAC through March 7. Artists Elizabeth Billings, Evie Lovett, and Andrea Wasserman describe “Ask the River” as “a community art and creative placemaking project that empowers us to reconnect with the Connecticut River and the water that flows through it, intertwining people and...

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