Hannah Sorila is a writer and community organizer who aims to align intention and impact...
GUILFORD-So Trump has been elected - again. If last time was bad, this time will...
The writers note that they originally sent this letter to their congregation. "We offer it...
WESTMINSTER WEST-Thank you to David Brooks for clearly saying in his Nov. 8 New York...
After 15 years, 17 different Selectboard members, three governors, and $2.8 million in repairs, Dummerston got what it wanted - the preservation and restoration of the historic green iron bridge over the West River. The bridge has been in use since last September, but town officials decided that the completion of the long-delayed restoration project deserved a special ceremony. So on the afternoon of March 27, past and present members of the Selectboard gathered at the bridge for a ribbon-cutting.
The first European to settle in what is now Newfane did so in error. In 1761, John Hazelton was looking for Townshend and, since one tree looked much like another, mistook those on top of Newfane Hill for those he was looking for. According to A New Fane in the Second Century, a local history, within five years of his arrival, Hazelton was joined by Jonathan Park, Nathaniel Stedman, and Ebenezer Dyer. Fane, as the town was called, was settled...
On Saturday, Sept. 26 at 4 p.m., local dance school SoBo Studio will host its first SoBo Studio Social Distance Show at Living Memorial Park's Rotary Theater. “All the feelings of the quarantine will be wrapped into one demented bundle of joy, pain, confusion, and ecstatic despair,” organizers said in a news release. “The show will be packed with dance, comedy sketches, improv theater, storytelling, social commentary, political pontificating, and a post-apocalyptic fashion show.” The show is free, although donations...
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