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Donate Plants to the Friends of the Rockingham Library

Wednesday, May 28, 2014 — Issue 256

BELLOWS FALLS — Ready to dig into your garden and start dividing plants? Have your houseplants wild over the winter? Consider donating greenery to the Friends of the Rockingham Library for them to sell at their annual Plant Sale, Saturday, May 31, from 8 a.m. to noon.

Houseplants, landscaping plants and shrubs, bulbs, perennials, annuals, vegetable starts, herbs, ground covers, trees and ornamental grasses … they'll take it all.

It's easy to donate. Label plants to the best of your ability then drop them off at the Rockingham Free Public Library between May 28 and May 30.

Even if you can't donate, join the Friends to purchase some of the area's finest plants at great prices.

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News

Reformer abruptly sheds staff

By
Randolph T. Holhut and Jeff Potter
Wednesday, July 1, 2015 — Issue 312

The parent company of the Brattleboro Reformer has laid off two members of its editorial team, including the longest serving member of its staff. According to sources within the company who spoke on condition of anonymity, New England Newspapers Inc. (NENI), a subsidiary of Digital First Media (DFM), laid off multiple employees on Friday and Monday at the Reformer, at its two other dailies, the Bennington Banner and The Berkshire Eagle, and at the Manchester Journal, a weekly. Let go...

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Voices

The issues that matter

By
Sara Coffey
Wednesday, October 14, 2020 — Issue 583

The year 2020 will go into the books as a memorable one. This pandemic has disrupted every aspect of our lives, including the usual rhythm of the Vermont General Assembly. We have seen how our collective actions of staying at home, social distancing, and wearing masks in public have helped to flatten the curve in our state. We continue to have a shared social responsibility to protect our neighbors and to prevent the spread of COVID-19. In mid-March, we pivoted...

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Arts

Work of painter Stephen Redmond on display at 118 Gallery

Wednesday, March 27, 2019 — Issue 503

118 Gallery welcomes painter Stephen Redmond for the month of April. His show at 118, “Sarasota Incognita,” brings together many of the paintings from Redmond's years working in Florida. There will be an opening reception April 5, from 5:30 to 9 p.m. Otherwise, the gallery is open on Saturdays from noon to 4 p.m., and by appointment. Redmond began to paint in 1989, at the age of 40. Within a year, he had designed and begun construction of a 32-foot...

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