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The project proposed for the Grafton Village Cheese facility is still too new for Buzz Schmidt to discuss. But if all goes well, the current cheese facility next to the Retreat Farm on Route 30 will become an integral part of the region's local food infrastructure. Will the new project be a food hub? Or campus? Or venue? Time will tell, and the conversations are just starting. At this stage, Schmidt said he is investigating having the Retreat Farm take...
I woke up overwhelmed with gratitude to be alive and well with my family by my side. The night before, I was awakened at 1:30 a.m. to my smoke/carbon monoxide alarms loudly sounding and telling us to evacuate the house immediately. We had this happen one other time, and it was just a battery issue. But this time seemed a little different, and something was telling me to not just unplug the alarms as I did before. I decided to...
The Brattleboro Music Center's Season Guest Series welcomes back Palaver Strings on Friday, Jan. 6. Included will be a pre-concert Meet the Composer talk from 6:30 to 7:10 in the BMC recital hall with Artist-in-Residence Ashleigh Gordon. Gordon will interview one of the composers of the evening's offerings, Jeffrey Mumford, via Zoom. Titled “Painted Dreams,” the Jan. 6 concert recalls sunnier times in the depths of a New England winter. It begins with Reena Esmail's “Nadiya for Violin and Viola,”
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