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Issue: May 2021
Filling the paper with stories large and (often) small
Newsrooms of the 19th century could turn into community gathering places when there was breaking news. By Maury Thompson read more
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Issue: February-March 2017
Rutland becomes microcosm in immigration crackdown
When Mayor Christopher Louras announced last April that he’d volunteered Rutland as the new home for 100 refugees from the Syrian civil war, he could scarcely have imagined how fully and quickly his city would be engulfed by the toxic propaganda of a growing national anti-immigration movement. But by June, the online “Breitbart News” site… read more
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Issue: October 2016
2016 election preview
Here are the candidates and referendum questions on ballots for the Nov. 8 federal and state elections across the region. Because of space limitations, uncontested races are not included. A guide to political party abbreviations is at right. Incumbents are marked with an asterisk (*). Polls are open on Election Day from 7 a.m. to… read more
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Issue: August 2015
Chain slashes staff at regional newspapers
The corporate parent of several daily newspapers in the region has axed at least 16 reporters, editors and other newsgathering employees in recent weeks as it seeks a buyer for the papers.Digital First Media, which is controlled by the New York City hedge fund Alden Capital Group, laid off 10 employees in late June at… read more