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With now a little over six weeks behind him on the job, newly hired Municipal Manager Timothy Cullenen said he is “getting a good sense of what's important” to the people and community he now serves.
“I see a lot of diversity [within Rockingham], with some disagreements on some issues,” he said, “but I don't feel any tensions [between the boards].”
Cullenen said that he sees it as a very positive thing that quality-of-life issues are of such great concern to both boards. “These are important to address if a community wants to develop and grow.”
Interim Municipal Manager Francis “Dutch” Walsh is now back to being “just” the development director, and he said that he goes to sleep now without leaving his cell phone on by his bed.
At the recent joint board meeting of the Rockingham Selectboard and the Bellows Falls Village Trustees, the boards were reminded by Counsel Ray Massucco of board roles and responsibilities. At the May 31 meeting, Massucco reminded board members of the provisions of the state's Open Meeting Law, pointing out...
Brian Joy and Chris Nostrand were born and bred in Bellows Falls. They have been friends since they were 3. And, they say, because they know what it's like to constantly hear the lament that “there's nothing to do here,” they founded Cider Magazine last fall. Joy and Nostrand...
Climate change has come to Vermont. From local volunteers, officials, and members of organizations like the Windham Regional Commission (WRC), to our elected representatives in state government, Vermonters are addressing the strange weather patterns that are becoming the rule, not the exception, all over the state. Exhibit A: Lake Champlain, which remains above flood stage and continues to cause damage to homes and property along the shoreline in Chittenden County, as well as in New York state and Canada. In...
Entering its 12th year - “an even dozen fun-filled years,” according to organizer Ray Massucco - Roots on the River has expanded to include “at least 50 percent” free music and a regional lineup in downtown Bellows Falls. The festival takes place this year on the weekend of June 9-12 in and around Bellows Falls and Rockingham. As has been the case for every year of the festival, Canadian alt-country hero Fred Eaglesmith is the headliner on Friday, Saturday, and...
Late last week, Windham County was added to Gov. Peter Shumlin's request to President Obama for federal disaster aid, according to Westminster Town Manager Sonia Alexander. A brief, but intense, thunderstorm that dumped more than 4 inches of rain on Westminster West and adjoining parts of Rockingham and Saxtons River on May 20 led to flash flooding and massive washouts, particularly on Westminster's Bemis Hill, Hitchcock and Kimball Hill, and Hartley Hill roads, as well as in Rockingham at the...
What if the electric meter on the side of your home - the one with the indecipherable dials and the spinning disk in the center - suddenly became a device that could tell you clearly how much power your home were using? What if it could tell you when the cheapest power rates were available? What if it could even tell the utility company when your power was out and guide repair crews to the downed line? Turning your electric...
The only surprise at the annual Village Meeting last week was that both the bond votes passed. Voters approved a $10.5 million bond for renovations to the Bellows Falls Middle School, 639-574. In the other vote, for the Rockingham Free Public Library, a $2,957,000 bond for renovations was also approved, 689-511. The library's event sign on the sidewalk in front of the library after last Tuesday's election read simply, “Renovations thank you.” Library Director Celina Houlne's years-long efforts were answered...
