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ROCKINGHAM-Town Meeting voting on April 1 and 2 brought several changes to school boards and the Selectboard. It was a particularly rough night for those seeking reelection. The incumbents — Rockingham School Board chair Priscilla Lambert; Deborah Wright, who was also running for a one-year Selectboard seat; and Bellows Falls Union High School board chair Jason Terry — were all defeated by large margins. Dunbar added that he felt the election results showed that the voters also want people in...
Strolling of the Heifers presents “Love Local,” a week of community valentine-making at the Robert H. Gibson River Garden, a project that kicks off at Gallery Walk on Feb. 7 from 5 to 8 p.m. According to Stroll intern Kristen Fledderjohn, who is organizing the event, participants can stop in, make valentines, “and share some love, particularly with local farms and farmers.” Fledderjohn said the aim is to develop the River Garden as a space “where the community can come...
I attended the Nov. 13 Bellows Falls Trustees meeting and was struck dumb by the behavior of Rockingham/Bellows Falls Town Manager Tim Cullenen. As a town manager, one must expect that there will be folks whom you do not like or you find difficult to deal with in your role, but as a supposed professional and a servant of the public, it is your duty to treat those people appropriately. Cullenen's behavior toward Jim Mitchell was totally unacceptable, rude, mean,
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