NEWFANE — My son had Nicole Plympton last year, and he absolutely loved her.
He has had troubles with focus while in school, and she connected with him and made him enjoy education.
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As he gazes across the hilltops of Stiles Brook Forest, Jeremy Turner can easily recount the property's century-long history of timber production. But Turner, who is managing forester for Stiles Brook owner Meadowsend Timberlands Ltd., also sees an uncertain future due to the effects of climate change. He lists warning signs such as stunted trees, increasing numbers of insects, and a dwindling moose population. That's one reason New Hampshire-based Meadowsend - in spite of vehement opposition from some residents in...
Robert Bashford is the local site coordinator for the AARP free tax service in Brattleboro. Bob is responsible for obtaining sites and equipment, for recruiting and training volunteers (of which I am one), and for making appointments. Also, over the last couple of years, he has had to be on top of COVID-19 safety, all of which is very time consuming. For tax year 2021, we started on Feb. 3 and ended on April 14, working two full days per...
A small village on the Amalfi Coast in Italy, Positano sits high upon the cliffs as it rolls into the Tyrrhenian Sea below. There, over the course of one week in 2018, Grammy-winning guitarist and producer Will Ackerman wrote the music for his new solo album, Positano Songs (Imaginary Road Music, 2022). He left there with 24 viable musical ideas. Ackerman has visited Positano for over three decades and says it remains “one of the most beautiful places on Earth.”
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