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Brattleboro Co-op Workers Approve Union
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The vote was 74 in favor of joining the union and 45 against, in elections held this week. The vote was supervised by the National Labor Relations Board.VPR News
Music And Poetry Part Of Brattleboro Street Scene
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Take a walk down Brattleboro’s Main Street on a busy Saturday and you’ll find street musicians taking advantage of the warm sun. And that’s not all. If you’re lucky, you may run into GennaRose Nethercott, a curbside poet.VPR News
In Brattleboro, Food Coop Workers To Vote On Union
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Employees at the Brattleboro Food Coop will vote Wednesday on whether to form a union. 140 of the coop’s 160 workers are eligible to say yes or no to joining Local 1459 of the United Food and Commercial Workers.VPR News
Jamaica Homes Lost In Irene May Not Get FEMA Help
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The news comes as a shock to the four displaced Water Street homeowners, who’ve been waiting more than a year for the program to come through.VPR News
New Brattleboro Film Fest Debuts This Weekend
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The First Annual Brattleboro Film Festival debuts Friday at the Latchis Theater. The event’s co-founder, who worked previously on the Brattleboro Women’s Film Festival, says there is clearly an appetite for more independent films in town.VPR News
Brattleboro Yogurt Company Grows Quickly, Plans Expansion
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A Brattleboro yogurt company that’s been operating less than two years says it’s grown more quickly than expected. That’s thanks to the rising popularity of Greek-style yogurt, which the company makes.VPR News
Hard Hit By Irene, Wilmington Spared By Sandy
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Some residents of Wilmington may have faced Hurricane Sandy with apprehension, after the devastation and long climb back from Tropical Storm Irene. The region was spared the worst of this storm, but Wilmington was ready.VPR News
A Bright Future For Brooks House
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In Brattleboro, two dreams have moved closer to reality. One is the dream of restoring the Brooks House, an important downtown building, gutted by fire in 2011. There’s also the dream of a downtown college campus that would bring students and jobs to Brattleboro’s Main Street.VPR News