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If the seven films that the press was invited to preview last Friday are any indication, FACT TV's second No Film Film Festival will be at the least entertaining and, at the most, offer a peek at some budding filmmakers to keep an eye on.
Teams were given the task of recreating a 1980s popular film into a 15-minute remake in a specific genre in one week's time, starting at 8 p.m. on May 31.
Poltergeist as an action-adventure film. Amadeus as a romance film. Back to the Future as role reversal. The Karate Kid as a documentary.
Those are but a few of the combinations.
Steve Fuller has resigned from the board of trustees of the Rockingham Free Public Library, a move that followed a number of votes with which he found himself at odds with the majority of his fellow board members. At the June 4 meeting vote not to sign the lease...
At their respective May 28 and June 4 meetings, both the Trustees and the Selectboard read a statement into the record prepared by the Village and Town Attorney Ray Massucco. It had come to their attention that emails had been sent to local elected and former officials, “critical of...
The Rockingham Free Public Library Board of Trustees met again on Monday night, this time approving a lease signing for 41 The Square, at Merchants Bank, as a temporary home for the library during construction. The Trustees also approved $2,000 for moving expenses there and back, significantly lowering the estimated amount Library Director Celina Houlne had brought before the board just the week before, an amount she estimated at $7,000. Houlne had to cancel the move planned for June 7...
Almost 30 years has elapsed since zoning and planning bylaws have been re-examined in town. Selectboard Chair Ezekiel “Zeke” Goodband said that passage of time was at the heart of a mediation between landowners, their lawyers, and three town boards last month. At issue was a pool, deck, and fence on the Schoolhouse Road property of John and Lori Thibault. The Thibaults and town officials entered into a successful mediation. The site plan and variance were granted to the couple...
The Rockingham Free Public Library will move to the Merchant's Bank lobby on the Square while renovations are under way. But tensions continue to flare behind the scenes. At a special library trustees' meeting warned for 9 a.m., Wednesday, May 22, six of the nine library trustees discussed renovations, alternative library sites, and personnel issues - including a withering censure of Librarian Célina Houlné. The meeting came on the heels of a similarly short-noticed (though still warned within the required...
Even though the State Department of Public Safety gave a written grant of occupancy during renovations on May 8, the Rockingham Free Public Library Trustees have voted, this time properly, to close the library during renovations that could last through the end of July. While the minutes were not yet available, Friends of the Library Chair Elayne Clift reported that, “On Saturday, May 18, five members of the Board of Trustees of the Rockingham Free Public Library (RFPL) voted to...
In a year when many boards are finding it difficult to fill seats around the county, Bellows Falls is seeing three candidates for the one-year seat of president and five for the two open two-year trustee seats. The Village election is Tuesday, May 21, from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Masonic Temple, 61 Westminster St. Incumbents Roger Riccio, president, and Deborah Wright, as well as former trustee Lance Allen, are vying for the presidential seat. For the two...
