BRATTLEBORO — Thank you for adding Dave Hayes' most useful column, which makes The Commons definitively more informative.
The Sept. 28 narrative explained the curious weather experienced in downtown Brattleboro on Oct. 4 from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m., whereas national websites reforecast the day on an hourly basis with little rhyme or reason.
The forecasts Mr. Hayes provides are far more useful than anything else I can find in print or online.
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Write Action announced the winners of its annual poetry and prose contest. There was no theme this year. Besides all winners receiving a cash prize, first place winners in both categories will read at the Write Action Spotlight reading at the Brattleboro Literary Festival on Oct. 19. Second and third place winners have a spot reserved at the Open Reading the evening of Oct. 19. • Poetry: first place, Charles Monette for his poem “An Bain's Bullet Ballet”; second place,
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