DUMMERSTON — It's sad when you're a devoted employee for decades and when you leave it's no big thing to an employer.
People wonder why no one wants to work at one place for long.
Rick Holmes, of Marlboro, is a retired newspaper editor and columnist. MARLBORO-Ho Chi Minh City,
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Join the New England Center for Circus Arts (NECCA) for an evening of "world-class entertainment" for the entire family in Brattleboro on Saturday, March 9, at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, March 10 at 1 p.m. The Circus Spectacular is NECCA's most important annual fundraiser - a unique opportunity to see high flying aerialists, acrobats, and jugglers. In a news release, NECCA co-founder Serenity Smith Forchion marveled that "The Circus Spectacular started with one show in 2011 to help NECCA raise...
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