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How to help with the Thanksgiving dinner

Wednesday, November 3, 2010 — Issue 74

BRATTLEBORO — Community members wishing to volunteer or make donations should contact the committee members listed below:

• Food/supply donations; kitchen work or cooking: Ray Branagan, 802-579-4649 or [email protected]; Ian Bigelow, 802-579-7903 or [email protected].

• Prepare a dessert: Michele Sulser, 802-428-4030 or [email protected].

• Deliver meals from St. Michael's School on Thanksgiving: Peter Wiles, 802-254-4687 or [email protected].

• Prep vegetables on Wednesday, Nov. 24 at St. Michael's School, afternoon-evening: Robin Allen, 802-579-4597 or [email protected].

• Musicians interested in playing on Thanksgiving Day: Ian Bigelow, 802-579-7903 or [email protected].

• Thanksgiving Day volunteers, 10 a.m. set-up, event work, clean-up shifts: Katherine Barratt, 802-257-4220 or [email protected].

Please send checks (payable to “Brattleboro Community Thanksgiving Dinner”), cash donation or gift certificates to Katherine Barratt, Committee Treasurer, P.O. Box 2384, West Brattleboro, VT 05303.

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Town Meeting reps vote on proposed charter changes on Jan. 22

Wednesday, January 19, 2011 — Issue 84

Representative Town Meeting members will vote on proposed changes to the Town Charter at a Special Town Meeting on Saturday, Jan. 22, at Academy School on Western Avenue, starting at 8:30 a.m. The meeting is the culmination of three years of study and meetings by the town Charter Review Commission. Some of the proposed changes include lowering the percentage of signatures needed to put forth a binding initiative on a town ballot from 20 percent down to 10 percent; expanding...

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Calling mental illness a stigma makes it one

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Entries sought for Bill of Rights art exhibit

Wednesday, March 7, 2018 — Issue 449

Students, visual artists, teachers, writers, and facilitators are encouraged to participate in “The Bill of Rights Project.” According to a news release, this is an opportunity for people of all ages, political persuasions, and talents to participate in The Resistance, a series of art exhibits and events in the Bellows Falls area scheduled for this summer. In images and/or words, individuals can offer their thoughts on the Bill of Rights, either responding to a particular amendment or to the document...

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