PUTNEY — I am so grateful for this commentary, which names the unreasonable, but terribly powerful, fear - of a tyrannical government actually disarming citizens - behind so many opponents of gun-safety laws.
Rick Holmes, of Marlboro, is a retired newspaper editor and columnist. MARLBORO-Ho Chi Minh City,
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A community is defined by the arts it produces and nourishes; art makes each community unique. The chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, Jane Chu, pointed that out on June 2 when she visited Windham County. “When you've seen one community, you've seen one community,” Chu said. Chu enjoys keeping in touch with arts organizations all over the country. Whenever she's going to visit a new place - as she did last week when she gave the commencement...
WILLIAMSVILLE-Rock River Players present Robert Harling's Steel Magnolias on Fridays and Saturdays, Aug. 9, 10, 16, and 17, at 7 p.m. and Sundays, Aug. 11 and 18, at 2 p.m. at Williamsville Hall, 35 Dover Rd. Based on Harling's experience with his own sister's death, the 1987 play is about the bond among a group of Southern women in northwest Louisiana. The title suggests the "female characters are as delicate as magnolias but as tough as steel." According to stageagent.com,
I am writing to reach Windham region business owners and managers as well as leaders of nonprofits who need help responding to the economic calamity we now face as a result of the COVID-19 disease. Businesses and organizations that look to survive the next several months must take swift action to assess and understand their current financial situation. Following Vermont's emergency declaration by Gov. Phil Scott, the BDCC board of trustees, SeVEDS board of directors, and BDCC's entire team have...
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