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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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We’ve become a business with a community problem

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What has the U.S. done?

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Kate Kenner

GUILFORD-So Trump has been elected - again. If last time was bad, this time will...

Keeping faith in ‘interesting times’

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The Beloved Community VT

The writers note that they originally sent this letter to their congregation. "We offer it...

Election results: obvious, but still shocking

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M.N. Scherbatskoy

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

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WNEUESD cancels district meeting

Wednesday, April 8, 2020 — Issue 556

The Windham Northeast Unified Elementary School District Board on April 6 formally cancelled the District Meeting scheduled for April 9. According to Board Chair Jack Bryar, the board reviewed discussions with Will Senning of the Secretary of State's Office plus correspondence with legislators Mitzi Johnson, Tim Ashe, Jeanette White, and area town clerks. “Because of the uncertainty about the length and severity of the current COVID-19 epidemic, the board postponed setting a new date for the time being,” Bryar wrote...

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Wednesday, February 22, 2017 — Issue 396

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Twilight On The Tavern Lawn presents The Everly Set on July 21

Tuesday, July 16, 2024 — Issue 773

PUTNEY - Twilight Music continues its 21st Twilight On The Tavern Lawn series of bluegrass, folk/rock, world beat, jazz, pop, and Zydeco summer concerts on Sunday, July 21, with an evening of the hits and harmonies of Phil and Don Everly performed by Sean Altman and Jack Skuller. The concert begins at 6 p.m. on the Putney Tavern lawn in downtown Putney (bring a lawn chair or blanket) or at Next Stage at 15 Kimball Hill in case of rain.

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