MARLBORO — I did not expect to cry while reading this piece, but that's what happened. This beautiful story about baseball, grace, and patience uplifted me for days.
Thank you, Ronan Khalsa, for telling the story in such an affecting way, and thank you, Leif Bigelow and Zinabu McNeice, for demonstrating that the great game of baseball is still played by great people.
You reminded me about something I had forgotten about the game I have always loved.
Mary McCallum used to contribute regularly to the commentary series that used to air on...
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Robert “Bob” Thibault has been named Superintendent of the Windham Central Supervisory Union (WCSU). Thibault, 51, will replace William Anton, who has been in the post since 2015 and is moving on to other things. “Well, for the first time in a quarter century, my wife and I get to make some decisions about what we want to do in life,” Anton said about his future. “Our offspring are grown, independent, and out of the house, living in Boston (Colette,
That summer. We were in our glory then, spilling out into the streets, cropping up like dandelions, disheveled like young puppies, hairy and floppy. There was a war going on across the world, and we had arrived at a little Vermont town with a cumbersome name. It was 1973. The town was a mix of old and new, the Dutch Bake Shop at the corner of Elliot and Main, which was not at all Dutch and had been there for...
As a musical treat for local residents and foliage visitors alike, Friends of Music at Guilford is presenting “A Celebration of the Classical Guitar” at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 29, at All Souls UU Church, 29 South St. Featured performers include David William Ross and the Procter/Hale duo of Steve Procter, guitar, and Alison Hale, flute. Vocalist Jessica Gelter introduced FOMAG to Keene-based guitarist Ross in February 2018, when he was a member of the instrumental trio for her...
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