Bobserver

Bobserver

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Watching history repeat itself. Small-town New England journalist treating chronic pain with EMDR while searching for joy and kindness

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It only took six days from opening for a truck to get stuck in #Smugs notch in #vermont #SmugglersNotch VT-108 Between #Stowe and #Cambridge “Smugglers Notch” is CLOSED while crews work to remove a stuck Tractor Trailer. Drivers should expect delays in the area and seek an alternate route.

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"Republicans are not looking out for their constituents ..." said Sen. Ben Ray Lujan. "They're just lying to them. That's what's happening right now. Republicans are looking out for the wealthiest Americans and corporate interests. Plain and simple." www.reformer.com/local-news/f...

reformer.com'Families lose and billionaires win' Welch and colleagues fight cuts to SNAPU.S. Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vt., was joined by several of his colleagues as well as the governor of Oregon during a phone call with the media to discuss what could
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Her legal counsel, Albie Fox, said she doesn't have $1,000 and if released, wouldn't be going anywhere. "She doesn't have anywhere to go particularly," adding she is in danger of being evicted from the house on Silver Lane by her mother, who owns the home. www.reformer.com/local-news/a...

reformer.comAccused drug dealers ordered held on bailA Vernon woman with a history of run-ins with the law was ordered held on $10,000 bond Friday afternoon, following her arrest on Thursday.
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He told police he had last used heroin several hours before the incident, and his three passengers said they were all asleep at the time of the crash. Police suspect they also used opioids before the crash. www.reformer.com/local-news/d...

reformer.comDriver in Putney crash held without bailA 23-year-old New Hampshire man charged with causing the serious crash in downtown Putney that critically injured an elderly Putney woman on Thursday was ordered held without bail Friday.
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The $45,675 grant also included funding for a tree management plan and to plant new trees on Main Street, and resources to provide staff training for safe tree removal. The tree management planning is being directed by Bob Everingham from All About Trees. www.reformer.com/local-news/p...

reformer.comPruning the treesA crew from ArborClimb in Chesterfield, N.H., trimmed some of the dead branches and trees in a multiday project at the Brattleboro Common.
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"It's really important for me because I don't do really well in school, independently. I like hands-on stuff, like assignments together. This gives me that. It gives me the chance to improve myself on stuff that I need to do and learn and try new things.” www.reformer.com/local-news/f...

reformer.comFollowing in his father's footstepsHINSDALE, N.H. – Learning happens not just inside a classroom but outside, as students experience things first-hand. That is the goal with Hinsdale Middle High School’s Extended Learning Opportunities...
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“I love my work with clothing, and I feel like a big part of it is connecting to other people. It no longer served me to work at home by appointment and to work on the internet just by myself,” said Karpin. “I wanted to connect with other people." #brattleboro #vt www.reformer.com/local-news/n...

reformer.comNew clothing shop on Elliot Street in BrattleboroWith a small group of people gathered, Jen Karpin, owner of Morning Glorious Vintage, cut a ribbon to officially open up her new store on Elliot Street
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Tallini has been flying gliders through the New England Soaring Association in Springfield, after being encouraged to do so by his friend, Ben Berg, who told him about the ACE Camp, Aviation Careers Education Academy, at Hartness State Airport in Springfield. www.reformer.com/local-news/i...

reformer.com'I want to fly': BUHS grad to attend Air Force AcademyBRATTLEBORO — A Dover senior at Brattleboro Union High School will soon be gliding into the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
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Keep on fighting! Shame the bullies! "It’s unfortunate that my office had to resort to federal court just to get USDA to comply with the law and its own regulations.* apnews.com/article/trum...

apnews.comTrump administration settles with Maine over funding freeze after dispute over trans athletesThe Trump administration has agreed to halt all efforts to freeze funds intended for a Maine child nutrition program after initially suspending those dollars due to a disagreement between the state an...
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"This new wing is meant to be inviting, warm, and cozy ... more like a gathering place," said Lyman Orton, son of the founders of the Vermont Country Store. "It's about the art but it's also about coming to enjoy yourself." #vermont #manchester www.manchesterjournal.com/local-news/s...

manchesterjournal.comSVAC to break ground on Orton collection wing in JuneMANCHESTER — Groundbreaking for an addition to show off the work of Vermont artists at the Southern Vermont Arts Center will happen this spring, with completion expected in June of
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"The island is such a beautiful spot, just brimming with potential, and I feel like anything we do towards beautifying it is progress," said Betsy Hall, a community organizer for Friends of Island Park. #brattleboro #vt #livefree www.reformer.com/local-news/b...

reformer.com'Brimming with potential': Volunteers clean up 'The Island'BRATTLEBORO — A team of volunteers rolled up their sleeves and spent Sunday cleaning up the spit of land between Brattleboro and Hinsdale known as The Island.

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‪Steve Vladeck‬ takes a (very) deep dive into Justice Alito’s Saturday night dissent in the AARP Alien Enemy Act case—and how it attempts to invent a series of procedural objections to the majority’s intervention that simply don’t exist. As a constitutionalist, Alito is a fraud.

stevevladeck.com145. Justice Alito's Misbegotten Dissent in A.A.R.P.Justice Alito's after-the-fact opinion dissenting from the Court's early-Saturday-morning Alien Enemy Act ruling rests on a revealing array of misrepresentations, misstatements, and non-sequiturs.