BRATTLEBORO — We thank this community for supporting the Amber Bernier scholarship at our fifth Walk for Amber StorySlam, cosponsored by Strolling of the Heifers.
We had entertaining stories with a wonderful audience.
Rick Holmes, of Marlboro, is a retired newspaper editor and columnist. MARLBORO-Ho Chi Minh City,
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PUTNEY - This month, Sandglass Theater brings everyone a celebration of the art of the crankie. This seventh annual Crankie Celebration includes performances on Dec. 7 at 4 and 7:30 p.m. and Dec. 8 at 3 p.m., a special event with Katherine Fahey and The Lantern Sisters on Dec. 11 at 7:30 p.m., and a crankie building workshop on Dec. 13-15. Crankies are rolling illustrations, wound inside a wooden box and then hand-cranked so that the images move across a...
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