BRATTLEBORO — Shut off air conditioning in all government offices in the 10 most offending countries*.
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Guilford Center Stage returns, after a three-year absence, with spring and fall productions of plays in its home at Broad Brook Community Center. Covid concerns cancelled the 2020 season, after which the former grange hall was closed for major renovation, now completed. The theater group will remain on Covid awareness as this season progresses. In a departure from its usual mission of presenting little-known plays, Guilford Center Stage will move in the opposite direction for its return production, with performances...
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