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When Municipal Manager Willis “Chip” Stearns gave the press a tour of the newly completed Rockingham Free Public Library (RFPL) last month, he said that the library aimed to open its doors by Sept. 30.
Stearns warned that an opening by the middle of October would be more realistic.
The library has received its certificate of occupancy, Stearns said, but he explained that the delay in opening would allow officials time to attend to final details.
He said the library's interim site, at 41 The Square, would remain open until the week of transition.
Dover Road residents still drive by flood-damaged homes each day from Tropical Storm Irene, structures that serve as reminders of that August day two years ago when residents were evacuated by South Newfane and NewBrook volunteer firefighters as the Rock River rose over its banks. Two residents who say...
A mile or so north of the village, at the end of Bezanson Road, Green Mountain Railroad (GMRR) has been working on plans to locate a facility that would serve as a terminal for wholesale distribution of propane and fill a gap for wholesalers in the region, who now...
A constable agreement signed last week by officials from Rockingham and Bellows Falls assigns Bellows Falls Police Chief Ron Lake authority to perform four specific duties in that role. The intermunicipal agreement will allow Lake to serve papers for either a civil or criminal process at the behest of town lawyers, Acting Municipal Manager Chip Stearns said. Lake will also perform emergency duties for killing rabid animals in Rockingham, which has not had an animal control officer in recent years.
Monday night's meeting of the Rockingham Free Public Library Trustees saw a new face at the table - local attorney and former trustee Ray Massucco - who was named by the Rockingham Selectboard to the library board instead of the trustees' own nominee. The trustees met July 22 and considered two possible nominees to replace Steve Fuller, who stepped down earlier this summer: Tim Doherty, husband of assistant Town Clerk Brenda Doherty, and Massucco. The library trustees decided to put...
The Immanuel Retreat Center has opened its doors and is in full swing with three- and four-day workshops scheduled through August, and another one in November. With a focus on community, spirituality, and the arts, the center is a spoke from the hub that is the Immanuel Episcopal Church or, as it is locally known, the Stone Church. The Retreat Center complements Stone Church Arts (SCA), a concert series celebrating its 10th season this fall. It expands what can be...
Rockingham Free Public Library renovations are nearing completion, and the beleaguered project will likely come in under budget, trustees said at Monday night's meeting. That was the good news amid ongoing drama that included committee and renovation updates, a director's financial report, and moving expenses to the library's temporary digs in The Square - and a petition that called for two board members to resign. The board heard that library renovations are nearing completion and apparently will come in under...
Village voters returned for a special meeting on June 25 to decide whether to pass a new budget reworked by the Trustees, having failed to pass the proposed 2013-2014 budget at the annual village meeting in May. Option 1, as presented by the Trustees, was passed. The May budget proposal asked the voters to approve $1,945,357, of which $1,864,482 was to be raised by taxes. This was not passed, and a special meeting had to be called to revisit and...
