The Northwest Quarterly Meeting of Friends (Quakers) is a coalition of 14 Quaker congregations in...
This letter was submitted on behalf of Spark faculty. PUTNEY-We, the faculty of the Spark...
Matt Dorsey serves on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. He delivered this memoriam to...
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Rockingham Free Public Library trustees, in a 5–3 vote on Sept. 18, fired Library Director Célina Houlné in an early- morning meeting attended by several dozen citizens and members of Friends of the Library. The attorney for the former director has promised to sue the board and, potentially, individual members. In the aftermath of the vote, a trustee resigned from the board, the second in three months to do so. According to Jan Mitchell-Love, board chair and member of the...
Brattleboro Housing Partnerships publicly thanks the people at Thompson House Rehabilitation and Nursing Center for their collaboration and generosity. On March 21, BHP Support and Services at Home staff took a group of 10 seniors and adults with disabilities to Magic Wings Butterfly Conservatory in Deerfield, Mass. Several people in the group had limited mobility. After enjoying the conservatory, the group was ready to head home, only to find that the BHP van was not working properly. The wheelchair lift...
The In-Sight Photography Project has received funding from the Thomas Thompson Trust allowing for the purchase of eight new Apple laptop computers for student use in digital photography classes. According to In-Sight's Executive Director Teta Hilsdon in a press statement, these computers replace six older models, and allow more students to take classes. Hilsdon said students will begin using the new computers in many of In-Sight's spring classes, which launch the week of Feb. 10. The new gear will also...
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