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The town has furloughed three employees in the Parking Enforcement Department and a fourth employee has returned to the Recreation & Parks Department. Members of the Selectboard and town staff provided that news during an update on the town's response to the pandemic at the April 7 board meeting, the second of what will likely be many online meetings since Governor Phil Scott's “Stay Home, Stay Safe” order took effect. Town Manager Peter Elwell informed the audience that most town...
As protests rage across American cities against the heartless and sadistic murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, I think how impossible it is for anyone with white skin to know what it is like to have brown skin in the United States. There's no way to keep up with the news right now. All I can do is worry about friends in some of the cities that are on fire. The United States was on tenuous ground long before the...
On Friday, Aug. 27, starting at 7 p.m., the Backlot Cinema at Epsilon Spires, 190 Main St., will be site of a free outdoor event featuring a screening of the Indian film Ship of Theseus. The evening will be hosted by Vidhi Salla of the international radio show Vidhi's Bollywood Jukebox and includes a Zoom interview with the cinematographer of the film, Pankaj Kumar; Indian cuisine catered by Shital's Indian Vegetarian Food, of West Dover; and an Indian handicraft bazaar,
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