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Palaver Strings’ ‘Rise and Shine’ celebrates the viola
BRATTLEBORO-Palaver Strings presents "Rise and Shine," celebrating the viola. The concert is scheduled for Friday, Jan. 31, at 7 p.m. at the Brattleboro Music Center. This program explores the sonic ...
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Jamaica votes to keep its school; WCSU must keep it in use
JAMAICA-A 85–56 vote on Jan. 14 to keep Jamaica Village School open will affect the town's property tax rate, the Windham Central Supervisory Union (WCSU) budget for the 2025–26 school year, and the ...
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Antisemitism flourishes in our town and in the pages of the newspaper
The writer is president of Vermont Friends of Israel. ATHENS-In response to Bert Picard's criticisms that my most recent letter makes "dangerous" and "wild accusations," I ask, does Mr. Picard also ...
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Brattleboro property tax, utility bills due by Feb. 17
BRATTLEBORO-The third installment of the 2024 Brattleboro Real Estate and Personal Property Taxes will be due by 5 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 17. Payments made after Feb. 17 will have an additional 1% ...
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Rock River Players host auditions for ‘The Freeing of Mollie Steimer’
WILLIAMSVILLE-The Rock River Players will host open auditions for The Freeing of Mollie Steimer by Brattleboro playwright Patrick Keppel. The play follows the life of an early 20th-century anarchist ...
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Issue #799
PUTNEY - Learn about simple methods and everyday equipment used to make watercolor paints at the Putney Public Library, 55 Main St., on Wednesday, Jan. 29, at 6:30 p.m. Participants will create ...
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Not all Vermonters benefit from trapping
WARDSBORO-I agree, we do need facts. Have you heard of CWD (chronic wasting disease)? It's a fatal neurodegenerative disease that affects deer, elk, and moose. It is prevalent out west but ...
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Dummerston library expands kids’ program with more space
DUMMERSTON-The future of children's offerings at Lydia Taft Pratt Library will be a whole lot brighter thanks to a $54,700 grant from the Vermont Early Childhood Fund (VECF) to build a new program for ...
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Sibilia finds victory in defeat for House speaker
DOVER-Even though she lost her courageous challenge to become speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives for the new biennium, Rep. Laura Sibilia, I-Dover, says she is glad she ran. "It really ...
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‘You may end up in a situation you didn’t welcome’
BRATTLEBORO-Standing on the sidewalk next to 9 Canal St., a multi-family apartment building above the Brattleboro Food Co-op, Windham & Windsor Housing Trust (WWHT) Executive Director Elizabeth ...
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Corrections and clarifications
BRATTLEBORO-The Commons' report in the Jan. 15 issue about a community forum organized by Hank Poitras, aka Planet Hank, touched some nerves, to say the least. Several points to clarify or correct: • ...