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BELLOWS FALLS, Vt. — Senior Solutions and Bellows Falls Pride jointly sponsor a special presentation in celebration of Pride Month. On June 20 at the Bellows Falls Opera House, Mark S. King, an internationally acclaimed author of the book “My Fabulous Disease,” will speak about politics, the…

BELLOWS FALLS, Vt. — Come one, come all to the Friends of the Rockingham Free Public Library Plant Sale scheduled for June 1 from 9 a.m. until noon at the library. There will be a wide variety of plants floral, herbal and vegetables this year, as well as gardening books for guidance. While t…

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CONCORD, N.H. — The N.H. Preservation Alliance, in partnership with The 1772 Foundation, has awarded grants totaling $125,000 to 16 private nonprofit organizations in New Hampshire to assist in preserving their historic buildings.

WINDSOR, Vt. — In the five months since the Windsor Police Department expanded their response training to the Special Need Information Program (SNIP) to better serve the disabled and their families, law enforcement has seen an improved understanding by the community as a whole.

CLAREMONT, N.H. — Girl Scout Kylie Tilton has shown resiliency and a drive to succeed as her Gold Award project aimed at educating the public about the harmful effects of littering was the target of vandalism earlier this month. While it was a devastating for her and caused some sadness, she…

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SPRINGFIELD, Vt. — The Springfield Art & Historical Society will host the Vermont Humanities Council program, “The Hills of Home: Mountains and Identity in Vermont History,” on Saturday, March 23, at 2 p.m. at the SAHS facility at 65 Route 106 in North Springfield, VT. Historian Jill Mud…

CONCORD, N.H. — Attorney General John M. Formella announces that he and a bipartisan coalition of 43 state attorneys general have sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission urging the federal government to update and strengthen the rules technology companies must follow under the federal …

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MONTPELIER, Vt. — Rootstock Publishing has announced the April releases of three debut poetry books: “Mountain Offerings” by Amy Allen of Shelburne; “Stonechat” by Mary Elder Jacobsen of Calais; and “Fire on a Circle” by Kim Ward of Montpelier. Allen, Jacobsen and Ward are the featured reade…

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We have two ruby-throated hummingbirds visiting our feeder regularly. One is a male and the other is a female. I think there are only two, but I can’t really tell one male/female hummingbird from another. We do see both of them at the same time, and they are almost always “fighting,” that is…

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Thursday, May 30, was an interesting day. Short staffed at the store with several employees either working other jobs, home with medical needs or off on vacations, I was left to run the store myself. I spend most of my time either on the farm doing farm chores, working with the books and pap…

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In “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” by Lewis Carroll, Alice stumbles upon a large mushroom. She peeps over the edge and encounters a caterpillar “smoking a long hookah and taking not the slightest notice of her or anything else.” If Alice had touched the creature, she might have been in fo…

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NEWPORT, N.H. — The Newport Senior Center hopes all our readers had a safe and memorable holiday last week. Our annual yard sale was well attended. Thank you to all those who donated items for the yard sale and those who made donations for the items sold.