BRATTLEBORO — Shut off air conditioning in all government offices in the 10 most offending countries*.
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BRATTLEBORO-Like many of you, I have been outraged by the actions of the Trump administration,
BRATTLEBORO-After a summer of standing-room-only meetings about public safety in town, the Selectboard voted on Sept. 17 to adopt a new ordinance to address behavior and to fund increased police staffing. Board members called these actions part of the town's community safety agenda which includes implementing a downtown safety action plan, developing a community safety messaging campaign, working for state legislative reform, and other actions to address public health and safety in town. By establishing safety zones in town where...
Tim Wessel believes he's cleverly posed a gotcha-question when he asks, "Can it be 'genocide' when the population of Gaza has essentially tripled in the last 25 years?" Yes. Yes, it can. Would Wessel argue that the Holocaust wasn't a genocide if it was found that the Jewish population in Germany increased prior to the Holocaust? Of course he wouldn't. Population growth has nothing to do with the crimes against humanity inflicted on a people. The U.N. Convention on the...
-Susan McClure, executive director of the Vermont Arts Council (VAC), is solid in her reassurances for those working in arts and culture in the state. Joining her at a Dec. 5 webinar, Christopher Kaufman Ilstrup, executive director of the Vermont Humanities Council (VHC) also made clear that what's known for sure is the unknown, given changes on the horizon at the federal level and the priorities of the incoming Trump administration. "Our biggest message to you is keep at it,
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