BRATTLEBORO — RE: “A community photographer, mentor, and friend” [Editorial, April 3]:
A nice tribute to a good friend who is already missed by many.
Rick Holmes, of Marlboro, is a retired newspaper editor and columnist. MARLBORO-Ho Chi Minh City,
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New England Youth Theatre (NEYT) invites the community to share their family immigration stories as a part of their production of Rags, which opens on Thursday, Dec. 6. “Everyone has a story,” NEYT Executive Director Hallie Flower said in a news release. “We want to open up our theater as a place for people to share how their ancestors came to this country.” As part of the celebration of the immigrant experience with Rags, the youth theater's holiday musical, NEYT...
Regarding the Windham Southeast School District withdrawal articles on the town ballots, I would like to wait a few more years to see how this works out before we disrupt everything again and start over. The COVID-19 pandemic makes it hard to compare anything, and so far the current board has been open, inclusive, effective, and progressive. As membership changes over time, the liabilities of a large board not closely tied to the local communities might be more clearly revealed.
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