BELLOWS FALLS — RE: “After tense months, library nears opening” [Town & Village, Sept. 11]:
The Rockingham Free Public Library Board of Trustees should resign en masse. We need a new broom to sweep up the mess they've made and undo the demoralization of our fine library staff, whose first duty has always been to the public and the patrons, and not to the egos of the most domineering members of the board.
Dan DeWalt, a frequent contributor to these pages and one of the founders of this...
Steev Lynn works internationally, currently reporting on the civil war in Myanmar after a military...
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The writer is a member of the Putney Housing Solutions Task Force, a community group...
The pending closure of a Bellows Falls medical products company means lost jobs and tax revenue for the region. Vermed's reported departure also represents a black eye for the Windham County Economic Development Program: Just two years ago, the company received $200,000 from that fund as part of an incentive package to grow in Vermont. Officials are smarting from the blow, since the economic development program is fueled by a Vermont Yankee shutdown settlement and is supposed to help the...
My heartfelt thanks go to the Putney Food Co-op board members for their calm presence as they sat through yet another tedious meeting. They have my respect for what seems like a difficult job. I want to apologize for the actions of some in the group who continue to treat the bylaws review process as a conflict situation: holding the group hostage with their views and not really paying attention to what is said at these meetings. Mainly, I hear...
The Sweetback Sisters' Country Christmas Singalong Spectacular, with singers Emily Miller and Zara Bode, is returning for its fourth year at the New England Youth Theatre, on Sunday, Dec. 16, at 7:30 p.m. This popular audience participation show requires only a willingness to sing and a love of holiday music. Lyric sheets will be provided for the audience singalong. All the songs are presented with the Sweetback Sisters' signature mix of harmony singing, rollicking Telecaster guitar, and twin fiddling, along...
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