Faure’s “Requiem” was performed in concert on Sunday at the Performing Arts Center at Bellows Free Academy, St. Albans. The two performances were seen by more than 600 people. The piece was written in the early 1890s and first performed in 1893 as a Catholic Mass for the Dead. The school’s music department made the performance a possibility.

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COURTS: Abenaki lawsuit on hold

Written by Jessie Forand
May 20, 2013

Merrill’s civil case awaits conclusion of criminal matter

ST. ALBANS — A lawsuit filed by former Abenaki Nation of the Missisquoi St. Francis/Sokoki Band chief April (St. Francis) Merrill has been postponed until August, by which time her pending criminal case is expected to be resolved.

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Learn about the intricacies of 1860s fashion from 18th Vermont Regiment Civil War re-enactor Lynn Sawyer. Held in the Bliss Room of the St. Albans Historical Museum the event covers period appropriate clothing for men, women and children.

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Sheperd,

On May 10, 2013, at Northwestern Medical Center, a boy, Micah Irwin Sheperd, to Betzi (Irwin) and Jonathan Sheperd, of Enosburg Falls.

Coolum,

On May 12, 2013, at Northwestern Medical Center, a boy, Devyn Alexander Coolum, to Brandy (Farnsworth) and Travis Hector Coolum, of St. Albans.

Chicoine-Williams,

On May 9, 2013, at Northwestern Medical Center, a boy, Jerry Lee Williams III, to Samantha Chicoine and Jerry Williams Jr., of St. Albans.

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NATHALIE N. (GIBSON) ROY - ORANGE CITY, Fla. / SWANTON

Nathalie Naomi (Gibson) Roy went home to her Lord on May 15, 2013, at the Orange City Nursing & Rehab Center. She was 86 years old.

CALVIN T. CARPENTER - FAIRFIELD

Calvin T. Carpenter, age 77, passed away Sunday, May 19, 2013 at the Northwestern Medical Center in St. Albans.
Funeral services will be held Thursday, May 23, 2013 at 11 a.m. at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, 116 Church Rd., Fairfield, VT with Fr....

COL. NEIL F. MEURLIN, USAF (RET) - GEORGIA

Graveside funeral services for Colonel Neil F. Meurlin, USAF (Ret), who passed away on Nov. 11, 2012, will be held on Saturday, May 25, 2013, at 11 a.m. at the family lot in Georgia Plain Cemetery on Stonebridge Road. Military honors will be accorded the...

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