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As soon as she received an email from herself telling her what new tax bills would look like, Town Treasurer Melissa Brown smelled a scam. While Brown's name was listed as the sender's name, the email address it came from was “[email protected].” “Good morning, please read this ASAP. . . Your tax bill next year will have your name on the bill,” read the email, followed by Brown's name. A zip file was attached. Brown did not open it. “Especially...
PUTNEY-In connection with the exhibition "The In Between," which features artwork by Susan Brearey and Duane Slick, the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center (BMAC) presents Pumpkintown: Songs, Stories, and Magic Lantern Projections from an Imaginary New England Village, on Saturday, Oct. 12, at 7 p.m. at Next Stage Arts in Putney. A multi-faceted show that has been performed around the world, Pumpkintown is a long-running collaboration by American folk musicians Tim Eriksen and Peter Irvine, with paintings and magic lantern...
The assault on local retail began with the Sears catalog. Unless things change, it will be finished by Amazon. A big change in U.S. rural life began in 1913 with the introduction of Rural Free Delivery. This change paved the way for retail's decline, which has happened in several distinct phases. * * * Phase 1: A forebear of Sears, in business since 1886, adopted the Sears Roebuck Co. name in 1893. Catalog sales began in 1888, and by 1895...
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