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‘Adopt an Angel’ program helps BF children in need

Wednesday, November 23, 2011 — Issue 128

BELLOWS FALLS — The Bellows Falls Police Department is accepting applications for the “Adopt an Angel” program designed for underprivileged children who live within the village of Bellows Falls.

Any families interested in applying should stop by the Bellows Falls Police Department and pick up an application, due back by Saturday, Dec. 17.

Anyone that is interested in adopting an Angel may stop by the police department and select an angel from the Christmas tree, or drop off a new, unwrapped gift that will be given to a child in need.

If selecting an angel off the tree, the gifts are due back at the police department, unwrapped, by Tuesday, Dec. 20.

For further information, contact Dispatcher Alisha Beam at 802-463-1234.

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Harvesting possibilities

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BELLOWS FALLS-The last of the corn. The fanciful mounds of winter squash. Hardy greens. The...

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News

Police find body, fatally shoot person of interest

By
Randolph T. Holhut
Wednesday, July 20, 2022 — Issue 673

A person of interest who was being sought in connection with the suspicious death of a missing Massachusetts woman was shot dead Tuesday night while walking in West Brattleboro by members of the Vermont State Police and the Brattleboro Police Department. According to a press release from the VSP, during an attempt to speak with the man at about 7:45 p.m., “he was shot by police and has been pronounced deceased.” Police were investigating the disappearance and death of 23-year-old...

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Voices

When the nice guys gaslight us

By
Mindy Haskins Rogers
Wednesday, November 2, 2016 — Issue 381

When supporters of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump called the recording of him bragging about assaulting women “normal locker-room talk,” respectful, courteous men across the internet replied in unison, “That's not normal!” Even my husband joined in, telling me, “I've spent plenty of time in locker rooms, and I've never heard anybody brag about sexual assault.” To my husband and well-meaning friends: I get it. We should not accept this behavior as “normal.” But in your denial, you are unintentionally...

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Arts

Unconventional and absurdist

By
Richard Henke
Wednesday, February 22, 2017 — Issue 396

Shoot the Moon Theater Company has opened its 2017 season at the Hooker-Dunham Theater with a two-weekend run of The Sonic Life of a Giant Tortoise. The show premiered Feb. 17-18 and continues at 7:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 24 and 25. The dramatic comedy by Japanese playwright Toshiki Okada made its New York City debut in 2014 with an English translation by Aya Ogawa. Time-Out New York awarded it four stars and The New York Times praised...

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