VERNON — Well, it sounds like a variation of the proverbial “you reap what you sow,” only in this case, Windham County will reap what those in Montpelier and elsewhere have sown.
Just remember: I told you so.
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Positive attitudes, well-informed care, and a passel of patience have earned Matt Dove and John Lindenthal each Employee of the Year status at Brattleboro Memorial Hospital. “BMH has been recognizing employees with the Employee of the Year award since 1980,” says Gina Pattison, the hospital's director of marketing and development. “Employees receive a parking space, their name added to the 'Employee of the Year' plaque in the main hallway, and a monetary gift.” Since 2018, BMH has honored two employees...
Due to the pandemic, voting for town offices looks to be particularly challenging this year. In Rockingham, we are blessed with a plethora of candidates for Selectboard. In my opinion, three particularly stand out: Bonnie North for the three-year position and Rick Cowan and Elijah Zimmer for the two one-year positions. All three bring to the table a love for Rockingham's heritage and a belief in its future, combining a desire to preserve the best elements of our past with...
Lakou Mizik, a multigenerational collective of Haitian musicians, will perform on Aug. 24 at 118 Elliot. Doors open at 7 p.m. This is Lakou Mizik's second North American tour this year, including performances at the New Orleans Jazz Festival and the Edmonton Folk Festival. Their music is a soulful stew of deeply danceable grooves that feels “strangely familiar yet intensely new,” according to a news release - and 100 percent Haitian. Their 2016 album, Wa Di Yo, was voted one...
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