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Santa Express train rides return to Bellows Falls

Wednesday, November 16, 2016 — Issue 383

BELLOWS FALLS — Kids of all ages will get a chance to ride a Christmas Train - the Green Mountain Railroad's historic Green Mountain Flyer - with Santa and the Grinch, caroling elves, and special surprises in Bellows Falls on Nov. 20.

The historic engines and coaches, with favorite Christmas characters providing entertainment, will depart from the Bellows Falls train station at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., according to a news release.

The trip to the “North Pole” (Chester Station) is 45 to 60 minutes each way, with 45 minutes at the North Pole, where each child will meet Santa. A small ensemble of the Saxtons River Ringers will play 12-bell holiday music, and Smokin' Bowls will have soups, sandwiches, and more for purchase.

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New fire chief takes command in Brattleboro

By
Virginia Ray
Tuesday, April 8, 2025 — Issue 810

BRATTLEBORO-Jay Symonds has taken on the job of Brattleboro Fire Department chief after being sworn in April 1. "I know we're facing some challenges, but its my intent to be part of the solution to these challenges," the new chief said by phone on Monday, his first day on the ground. The former lieutenant of the Manlius Fire Department in upstate New York said he found out about the job through Town Clerk Hilary Francis, his sister-in-law, but he has...

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Voices

Tenants in need of laundry on site

By
Sally King
Wednesday, May 15, 2019 — Issue 510

I am physically disabled. Before moving to my present quarters, I informed the Windham-Windsor Housing Trust that I needed laundry facilities on the premises, and they led me to an apartment in a complex where they were available on site. This worked out for years. Now there has been a turnover in staff, and the old agreement is being ignored. The new manager doesn't care about needed reasonable accommodations. With my bodily issues, I cannot trot off to the laundromat.

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Arts

Out of the box

By
Virginia Ray
Wednesday, December 21, 2022 — Issue 695

Writer Wyn Cooper's first novel, Way Out West, has plenty of thrills and chills, but none, it seems, as big as the one its publication provided the author. “I've been lucky in my life, and readily admit it, but nothing prepared me for the thrill of having my first novel published,” Cooper says. Way Out West follows the developing relationship between two protagonists as they try to complete a sci-fi B-movie that might or might not be a cover for...

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