DUMMERSTON — Randolph Holhut writes about sports with remarkable precision and imagination.
We also appreciate the balanced tone of his Sports Roundup columns, which are never biased toward a particular team.
Rick Holmes, of Marlboro, is a retired newspaper editor and columnist. MARLBORO-Ho Chi Minh City,
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Tech Group meets at River Garden BRATTLEBORO - The March Brattleboro Area Tech group meeting will be on Thursday, March 17, from 5:30 to 7 pm, at the River Garden, 157 Main St. This month's guest is Paul Sliva of Valley Venture Mentors, who will give a brief talk about free resources to help one build a scalable startup, with plenty of time for questions. Anyone working with or interested in technology in the Brattleboro area is welcome to attend.
PUTNEY-Next Stage Arts Board Chair Andrew Frost says that the search for a new director will ensue on the heels of a strategic planning process the board ran last year to chart a course for the performing arts nonprofit through the rest of the decade. Having cast a wide net with a survey of the organization's mailing list and the broader community, "we identified a number of key influencers within the community across different subsections of donors, partners, and business...
April 1, 2020, would have been the 80th birthday of Professor Wangari Muta Maathai, the first African woman and the first environmentalist to win the Nobel Peace Prize, in 2004, “for her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace.” “Prof,” as she was affectionately known, had a special relationship with Windham County. She had a long friendship with the Guilford Community Church through Rev. Lise Sparrow and was a board member of World Learning. It also happened that two Marlboro...
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