DUMMERSTON — DUMMERSTON - The Selectboard approved the Windham County Sheriff Department's contract for Fiscal Year 2017 at the June 8 regular Board meeting.
The contract amount, for $11,760, covers 20 patrol hours per month, up from last year's contract of 18 1/2 hours per month.
Liberty Union Party co-founder Peter Diamondstone ran in every one of Vermont's two dozen general elections since the party's start in 1970 through 2016. Even when a variety of health ailments began to slow him down, Diamondstone told The Commons in 2012 that as long as there were elections, he would run for public office. “Doris [Lake, his wife of 60 years] says it's hopeless, but I never had hope anyway,” he said. “I have to do what I have...
The Hebrew scriptures narrate much contestation between Canaanites and Hebrews. After escaping Egypt and entering into what is referred to as the Holy Land, Hebrews encountered Canaanites in the land of “milk and honey” that they wished to occupy (Numbers 13:27-28). The story about the felling of Jericho's walls (Joshua 6:1-27) is a perfect example of such contestation. In the end, the Israelites invaded the Canaanites, defeated them, and occupied their land. The narratives in the Hebrew scriptures are usually...
Bellows Falls has designated “May, Art Month in Bellows Falls,” a town-wide celebration to build awareness and appreciation of the arts and businesses throughout the village. “We will be highlighting artists, events, shops, and restaurants that contribute year-round to the vital and cultural richness and economic stability of the community,” Robert McBride, founder and director of The Rockingham Arts & Museum Project (RAMP), said in a news release. McBride said designating the month of May was a natural collaboration that...
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