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Issue #60 Community Vine

Newsletter Introduction: Issue #60, The final Vine issue

This being the final issue of the Vine, I’m having a hard time writing the newsletter introduction, but not for the reason I thought. I just have so many things I want to cover, so rather than try to integrate ten random thoughts into one nicely flowing story, I’m just going to bullet point them all.

Although this is the final issue of the Vine newsletter, we will still use our Community Vine Facebook page to share news and information with people. If you are promoting a non-profit event, or have community news to share with people in Westminster or Ashburnham, feel free to post it on the Community Vine Facebook page. We have 2,500 Vine subscribers yet only...Read More >>

town hall

Intro to Town Hall section of Issue #60 Our Town Hall section includes stories about the Board of Selectmen and Ashburnham Westminster School Committee as well as Town Hall type of announcements and answers to questions asked about various town boards and departments. We also publish press releases from our state and local representatives. In addition, you will find finance stories, written by a very successful investor we know, under the pen name Joe C. (for Conservative) Daytrader. If there is something in town government that you'd like to know more about, please email us at info@communityvine.net....Read More >>

Latest Town Hall, Schools and Finance stories

features

Intro to Features section of Issue #60 Our Features section includes stories written by our group of dedicated volunteer writers. This section includes some regular features such as Restaurant Rover reviews and Profiles of the Past, a series of local history stories, republished with permission. Our top advertising packages include full length comprehensive feature stories, so you will see business stories mixed in, too. We also include many human interest stories and interesting items submitted by readers. If you'd like to be a regular or occasional writer, just send an email to info@communityvine.net...Read More >>

Latest Feature stories

lifestyle

Intro to Lifestyle section of Issue #60 Our Lifestyle section includes some regular stories such as What Is That?, Travel, Recipes by Chef Heidi Couture, Pet Health and Movie Reviews. If you'd like to share your area of expertise with our readers, please send any series ideas to us at info@communityvine.net. This section is always full of church, school, library and fundraising events in Westminster and surrounding towns. Click here for submission guidelines or visit our Community Calendar for information about upcoming events....Read More >>

Latest Lifestyle Stories

Letters and Editorials and Police and fire Logs
	Intro to Letters and Editorials section of Issue #60 Our Opinion section includes Editorials, Letters to the Editor, LOFT (List of Free Things) and items for sale. Also in this section are regular features like real estate bought and sold in Ashburnham and Westminster as well as the ever popular Police and Fire Logs....Read More >>

Latest Opinions, Letters, Police and Fire Logs

obituaries
	We publish obituaries as we receive them. Although they will not appear in the Vine newsletter until the next issue is published, obituaries are published on the Vine website on the same day we receive them....Read More >>

Latest Obituaries

Latest Stories

This day in history...

National Geographic Society Founded (1888)
The National Geographic Society is one of the largest non-profit scientific and educational institutions in the world. It was founded in 1888 by a small group of eminent explorers and scientists and, by the turn of the 21st century, boasted approximately nine million members. It has supported more than 7,000 major scientific projects and expeditions, including those of the Leakey family, Jacques Cousteau, and Jane Goodall. What journalistic methods were pioneered by its magazine? Discuss
by Richard Strauss Premiers (1911)
Still regularly performed, Der Rosenkavalier is one of the most acclaimed comic operas of Richard Strauss, the leading composer of romantic opera in the early 20th century. It is loosely based on the works of Molière and Louvet de Couvrai and tells the story of the shifting romantic attachments of four principal characters. Strauss, who often abandoned tonality to emphasize the humor or drama of a scene, composed Der Rosenkavalier in collaboration with what poet?
First Emmy Awards for Excellence in Television (1949)
The Emmy Awards are given for outstanding achievement in US television. They are presented by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, which was founded in 1946 and which held the first award ceremony in 1949. Its members vote on outstanding programs, actors, directors, and writers in such categories as drama, comedy, and variety. The Emmy's name is taken from the nickname "immy" for the image orthicon, a television camera tube. Who won the very first Emmy?

Word of the day

Word of the Day

antitrust
DEFINITION: (adjective) Of laws and regulations; designed to protect trade and commerce from unfair business practices.
SYNONYMS: antimonopoly.
USAGE: Government antitrust laws prevented the technology company from merging with its only competitor.
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