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School board has prepared information about dissolution votes

By
Jamie Contois
Wednesday, February 24, 2021 — Issue 601

PUTNEY — The Windham Southeast School District Communication Council is distributing a one-page informational sheet on the two articles on the individual town ballots on withdrawing from the School District. The School Board approved this info sheet for distribution on Feb. 16.

It can also be found on the Windham Southeast Supervisory Union Website, linked from the homepage at the top: wsesu.org and directly at bit.ly/601-wsesd-info.

Voting has begun on each of these articles in the four towns: Brattleboro, Dummerston, Guilford, and Putney. Please feel free to distribute widely.

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The power of protest

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We have a well-founded fear based on firsthand experience

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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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