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May 23, 2013 RSS feed / Front Page

Cornish, Plainfield joint kindergarten off the table

CORNISH — A joint kindergarten program, review of policies and procedures, as well as discussion of a proposed new technology plan for the school district topped the Cornish School Board agenda on Monday night. More...

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Local News

Sullivan County property transfers

NEWPORT — The following property transfers were recorded at the office of the Sullivan County registry of Deeds between May 8 and 14. More...

Bank site OKed for library services

ROCKINGHAM — The Rockingham Free Public Library Trustees voted to hold limited summertime programs in a downtown space until the building itself is again suitable for use. More...

Three Post Offices in Claremont?

MURMURINGS

Every now and then, newspapers contain stories about proposals for cutting back on deliveries made by the U.S. Postal Service. Seems the Postal Service makes the proposals, and Congress shoots them down. More...

Around Town

Thursday, May 23

Blood drive More...

Friday, May 24

BF Farmer’s Market More...

Saturday, May 25

Indoor yard sale CLAREMONT — An Indoor Yard Sale will be held from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 25, at the Claremont Senior Center, 5 Acer Heights in Claremont. More...

Arts and Entertainment

Circus Terrificus comes to Bellows Falls Opera House

BELLOWS FALLS — See a world-famous young juggler whose performance with cigar boxes is said to rival that of juggler, comedian and movie star W.C. Fields. More...

‘The Whales of August’ in Springfield

SPRINGFIELD — The Springfield Community Players open their 93rd summer theater season with “The Whales of August,” by David Berry. More...

‘Starry, Starry Night’

QUECHEE, Vt. — Join Lucy Mackenzie Humane Society on Thursday, May 30th for Starry Starry Night, a dinner and auction to benefit the animals at the shelter. More...

Library trustees approve updated corrective plan

ROCKINGHAM — The director of the Rockingham Free Public Library is coming under fire from the trustees after the board fine-tuned a Corrective Action Plan to review some of the decisions made regarding the building. More...

GETTING READY

Shawn Pinsonault has his boutonnière pinned on by his prom date Ashley Creighton before the Windsor High School's Grand March held at the school before the junior prom Saturday afternoon. More...

Memorial Day program scheduled at Saint-Gaudens this Saturday

CORNISH — Memorial Day weekend is a big one for Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site. It officially opens for the season on Saturday and is hosting a special Memorial Day program throughout the weekend. More...

Obituaries

Junice Kendall - 2013-05-22
Terri Ryan-Pope - 2013-05-22
Eleanor French - 2013-05-22
Andrew L. Fennelly - 2013-05-22
Dorothy Walker - 2013-05-21
Ernest M. Rzeczycki - 2013-05-21
Donald R. Melendy - 2013-05-21
Catherine Perry - 2013-05-21
Rose M. Butler - 2013-05-21
David A. Sclafani - 2013-05-20
Madeline E. Kane - 2013-05-20
Madeline E. Kane - 2013-05-18
Nancy A. McHugh - 2013-05-18
Shirley H. Noyes - 2013-05-18
Brony Budzik - 2013-05-18
Harry Blish Jr. - 2013-05-18
Shirley H. Mitchell - 2013-05-18
John R. Grady Sr. - 2013-05-17

Opinion

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Shifting the burden

A pple has brought American consumers such popular wonders as the iPad, iPod and iPhone and earned billions of dollars in the process. More...

Did you graduate in four years? Congratulations

For the college students who will be paying for a four-year bachelor’s degree long after graduation day, here’s some consolation: At least it didn’t take you six or eight years. More...

Sports

OPEN SKIES

Conant tops Newport in rainy game

NEWPORT — The conditions could have been much better during the much-anticipated game between the Newport and Conant softball team’s yesterday. More...

Kirby Cup much more than a game

LANGDON — One of the best comraderies in sports is the togetherness that even the most hated rivals can feel during desperate times and times of tragedy. Take the Boston Marathon bombings for example. More...

Woods ready to move on from feud

VIRGINIA WATER, England — Sergio Garcia apologized to Tiger Woods for saying he would have “fried chicken” at dinner with his rival, a comment that Woods described as hurtful and inappropriate. More...

Advice

Money spent to keep from smoking is no bribe

DEAR ABBY: I was surprised to see you equate a concerned grandmother’s creative solution to smoking with bribery in your Feb. 14 column. The word “bribe” has a negative connotation. More...

‘Latex-free’ may also cause allergic reaction

DEAR DOCTOR K: I’m a nurse who is allergic to latex, so I always use latex-free gloves. But I still occasionally break out in hives. Why? More...