Shortly before the Rockingham Free Public Library Trustees sat down for their October monthly meeting, they were presented with an 11-count complaint from a former library trustee. The letter from Deborah Wright alleges that the current board has continued violating state open-meeting and public-records laws and library board best practices. “This board and or some of its members are in serious need of state training on [open-meeting law],” Wright told The Commons last week via email. Senior Assistant Attorney General...
A new chill is in the air. The powerful producers of the plays of history have opened a sequel to their old cold war hit, and many of the cultural props that supported the first run are coming back into style. There's a retro look to the political landscape, the feel of the Dulles days. Rebellion, utopias, and tender-mindedness are out; conformity, realism, and hard-heartedness are in. Liberals - who always manage to mediate the terms of discourse - are...
Staying true to the spirit of her astrological sign, jazz and blues vocalist Samirah Evans has hosted a party that is part concert, part jam session nearly every year for the past two decades in celebration of her own birthday and that of fellow Leos. The 2016 Leo Party takes place Sunday, Aug. 21, at 4 p.m., at the 118 Elliot performance space in downtown Brattleboro. This year's celebration will also serve as the concert debut of her choir, the...
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