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Don't let his genteel speaking voice fool you. Doug Hoffer has won himself a reputation for being a “straight shooter.” The auditor needs the respect of those he audits, said Hoffer of his directness. “My work is not b.s. It's the real deal,” he said. Hoffer, a Democrat, describes himself as a numbers guy who can identify issues and is prepared to ask hard questions. A commitment to “evidence-based findings” reaches into his DNA, he said. Departments don't always want...
Warblers are irritating, and that's the truth. It's a beautiful spring morning, the mist just disappearing and the sun promising a full Monty. I take my binoculars and stroll quietly down to the mailboxes and, just like yesterday, I hear a yellow warbler singing full bore, whichety, whichety, whichety. Where? Must be right there in that bush. But I can't see it. No. She/he emerges, flitting from branch to branch veiled by the baby yellow-green leaves of spring, barely hatched.
A new exhibit of works by members of Brattleboro-West Arts is headed for the Strolling of the Heifers' Gallery at the Garden, at the Robert H. Gibson River Garden, 157 Main St., for July's Gallery Walk, Friday, July 11. Entertainment during the opening is by the Bondville Boys, an edgy, eclectic bluegrass band playing a huge assortment of music - original tunes and everything from Flatt and Scruggs to Blondie. A free reception, with refreshments, runs 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.
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