DUMMERSTON — I doubt that Senator Patrick Leahy will run for another term. It's one reason he can cut his losses and do as he pleases, which may get him some honorary post in a Hillary Clinton presidency.
How can that balance out: years of service, tarnished by a betrayal of his constituency at the very end?
He should know better that his legacy will be stained.
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Shelagh Stephenson's Olivier award-winning family comedy, The Memory of Water, will have two staged reading performances at the Actors Theatre Playhouse on Saturday July 25 and Aug, 1 at 7:30 p.m. Staged readings enable actors to sit with script in hand for a fully realized and rehearsed performance - minus the scenery and the staging. The Memory of Water is a rapid-fire comedy involving three sisters who are reunited on the eve of their mother's funeral. The three sisters, however,
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