Elayne Clift is purposely reporting as fact many lies that were debunked long ago.
I just can't understand how a writer can do this sort of thing and be considered credible.
Rick Holmes, of Marlboro, is a retired newspaper editor and columnist. MARLBORO-Ho Chi Minh City,
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The Capitol Steps, a Washington, D.C.-based comedy troupe, will perform to benefit the Windham & Windsor Housing Trust at the Bellows Falls Opera House on Friday, Sept. 29, at 8 p.m. Before The Daily Show, Full Frontal, and The Colbert Report, the comedy troupe made audiences laugh with their bipartisan lampooning. The Capitol Steps began in 1981 as a group of Senate staffers who set out to satirize their employers, according to a news release. The troupe is coming to...
A few weeks ago, I was having lunch at The Works when a woman came in and talked with the manager. Shortly thereafter, the manager went to the back and reemerged with three huge garbage bags full of bagels. When I asked the manager about this, he informed me that The Works contributes its day-old bagels - as long as they're still fresh - and other food regularly to soup kitchens and shelters in the area. I must admit that...
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