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Participate in the Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy

Wednesday, February 20, 2013 — Issue 191

To participate in the CEDS process, you can attend a regional meeting:

Session 1

Session 1 will focus on what people think is happening in the region. Meetings will be held:

• Tuesday, March 19, 8:30–11:30 a.m. - Bellows Falls Lower Theater.

• Wednesday, March 20, 8:30–11:30 a.m. - Wilmington Memorial Hall.

• Wednesday, March 20, 6–8:30 p.m. - Londonderry Town Offices

• Thursday, March 21, 6–8:30 p.m. - Brattleboro Selectboard Room, Municipal Hall.

Session 2

Session 2 will focus on verifying the community's feedback and goals:

• Tuesday, May 21, 8:30–11:30 am - Bellows Falls Lower Theater.

• Wednesday, May 22, 8:30–11:30 a.m. - Wilmington Memorial Hall.

• Wednesday, May 22, 6–8:30 p.m. - Londonderry Town Offices.

• Thursday, May 23, 6–8:30 p.m. - Brattleboro Selectboard Room, Municipal Hall.

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Depression-era murals return to Bellows Falls

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Robert F. Smith

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Brattleboro warned about escalating costs

By
Virginia Ray

BRATTLEBORO-The Selectboard has learned that it will cost about $2.1 million - a 9% increase...

State lawmakers react to a political shift

By
Joyce Marcel

With the election now in the books, change is in the air. But how this...

Fond memories remain in the ashes and rubble of a long-vacant neighborhood bar

By
Fran Lynggaard Hansen

BRATTLEBORO-"I always thought that the Sportsman's Lounge on Canal Street in Brattleboro was our own...

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