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Grace Cottage Hospital’s annual Tee It Up For Health was a great success

By
C.J. King
Wednesday, July 23, 2014 — Issue 264

TOWNSHEND — Thanks to very generous sponsors, golfers, volunteers, and online auction bidders, Grace Cottage Hospital's fifth annual Tee It Up for Health raised more than $36,500 for our patient care fund.

Thirty teams participated in the tournament on June 21, at the Hermitage Club at Haystack Mountain. The winning team was David Allbee, Chris Cobb, Martin Hill, and Lester Lynch.

The second-place team was John Streeter, Coop Bills, Linda-Jane Parson, and Scott Cleary.

In third place were Doug Dannemiller, Jim Lindsay, Mark Lindsay, and Dan Neviackas.

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The power of protest

By
Mary McCallum

Mary McCallum used to contribute regularly to the commentary series that used to air on...

We have a well-founded fear based on firsthand experience

By
Timothy Belknap

Timothy Belknap describes himself as a "downtown resident and Brattleboro lover." BRATTLEBORO-The yes vote to...

‘Tropes and lies’

By
Eileen Hayes Arama

WEST TOWNSHEND-When I learned, as a girl, about the lead-up to Kristallnacht, I had thought...

Victimizing a merchant over poorly chosen words

By
Phillip Macracken

BRATTLEBORO-The headline made me curious enough to read this one person's opinion of a local...

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Brattleboro presents police/fire plans

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Olga Peters
Wednesday, March 5, 2014 — Issue 244

The team behind the three-station police-fire facilities upgrades project estimates it has found $400,000 in savings. The town Police-Fire Facilities Building Committee hosted a meeting last week to give the public an opportunity to ask questions about the $14.1 million project. About 20 people attended the presentation in the Selectboard Meeting Room at the Municipal Center on Feb. 27. “I've been your watchdog on the budget up to date,” said Steve Horton, project manager on incorporating the oversight committee and...

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Radiation as a force for good in fight against cancer

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Wednesday, March 25, 2015 — Issue 298

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Vermont Arts Endowment Grant is awarded to Christine Triebert

Wednesday, August 20, 2014 — Issue 268

Fine art photographer Christine Triebert of South Newfane has recently been awarded a Vermont Arts Endowment Fund grant from the Vermont Community Foundation. The grant is provided in support of her “Geomorph – After the Flood” project, a large-scale installation of photographic images inspired by the aftermath of Tropical Storm Irene on her property along the Rock River. Close-up photographs of rock surfaces, patterns in sand, rushing water, and organic and man-made debris are the subject matter in this series.

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