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Voting in Rockingham for the ‘Trustees You Can Trust’

By
Debbi Wetzel
Wednesday, February 12, 2014 — Issue 241

SAXTONS RIVER — I am so looking forward to voting on Town Meeting day, March 4, in Bellows Falls.

I will be filling in those little ballot bubbles and casting my vote for the new slate of trustees running for the Rockingham Free Public Library: Doreen Aldrich, Carol Blackwood, David Gould, and Ray Massucco are the names to remember.

Finally, a way for the community to be heard. “Trustees You Can Trust” is their campaign slogan, and it sure rings true.

I hope you will join me in Bellows Falls on Election Day, or obtain a absentee ballot.

Your vote counts. This is how we can make a positive change for our library.

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Election results: obvious, but still shocking

By
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WESTMINSTER WEST-Thank you to David Brooks for clearly saying in his Nov. 8 New York...

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