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It's nice to see the attention paid to the students and the respect to the teacher. We need more of this! Go Bernie!
Rick Holmes, of Marlboro, is a retired newspaper editor and columnist. MARLBORO-Ho Chi Minh City,
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Recent acrylic paintings by Arrin Fancher will be shown during the months of October and November at the Putney Public Library at 55 Main St. The exhibit will include images from her “Water Works” series, which explores water in motion through abstracted composition, according to a news release. A native of Syracuse, New York, Fancher has lived in Vermont for more than 50 years. She lived in Putney, Enosburg Falls, and Saxtons River before moving to her home in Dummerston.
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