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The recent decision of the Great Falls Regional Chamber of Commerce to vacate its home in the Waypoint Center on the Island and move to new digs came as a shock to many on the Waypoint Center Board, including Selectboard Chair Tom MacPhee and Chamber president Deborah Murphy.
The lease is a four-party agreement between the town of Rockingham, the village of Bellows Falls, the Bellows Falls Downtown Development Association (BFDDA), and the COC. According to MacPhee and Murphy, negotiations were in play at the time of the meeting discussing a better lease agreement that are more in line with the Chamber's mission of promoting businesses in downtown.
However, during a regular November meeting that Murphy was not able to attend, Chamber Executive Director Roger Riccio was given permission by the board to pursue other options. Many of those present at the meeting felt the lease agreement with the town of Rockingham no longer served the organization's purposes.
Chamber secretary Michael Smith confirmed that Riccio had signed a lease for the space formerly occupied by the former Hula Cat secondhand shop in the Staircase building just off the Square. Smith said the move will occur “hopefully by February.”...
Having just returned from a trip to Cuba, three Brattleboro Union High School seniors found the transition following a trip to such a different culture noteworthy. What they brought back to CLEA's (Civil Leadership and Education in Action, formerly the Child Labor Education and Action Project) involvement with Project...
Green Mountain Railroad will not be running its Green Mountain Flyer excursions out of Bellows Falls next year, Deborah Murphy, manager of passenger service for Vermont Rail Systems, confirmed last week - a consequence of increasing demand on the company for freight transportation. The Santa Express trains that were...
Vermont is one of only seven states that do not regulate massage therapists. Professional licensing is not required. No recourse for complaints or censure exists, and Vermont has no registry that citizens can access to check basic education and licensing, or to see whether clients have complained about any particular massage therapist. “In Vermont, we have a lot of really wonderful massage therapy practitioners who deserve recognition for the work they do,” said Eve Baker, a massage therapist licensed in...
A new policy will make the Bellows Falls Opera House more viable and more attractive to a wider range of performers and events - a goal that offers significant promise for financial return to the local economy and creative stimulus to the community, organizers say. At a recent board meeting, the Rockingham Selectboard accepted a proposal put forward by incoming Event Coordinator Howard Ires, who worked as a technical director on stage in New York theater for 20 years, to...
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A letter to the editor from out-of-town visitor, Dr. Darryl Fischer of Silver City, N.M., that was published in the Brattleboro Reformer has garnered a lot of attention last week. In a letter published in the Reformer's Nov. 3 Letter Box, Dr. Fischer wrote that he was refused service by a Bellows Falls barber. “I am a black physician looking for a change of scenery after 30 years of working in a major U.S. city,” wrote Fischer. “While visiting other...
Life just got a little more complicated with a new ordinance regarding yard sales. Selectboard member Ann DiBernardo had raised concerns that remaining unsold items in yard sales were left at the edge of sidewalks “interminably, forever.” Now, after Jan. 4, unsold items from yard sales, tag sales, garage sales, barn sales and porch sales must be removed from the property within three days, with nothing left in the public right of way. Owners will be billed at the highway...
