AS THE NEW Year arrives, we take a look back at 2021. As this edition of the Sun shows, the top local stories include dealing with COVID and the related issue of the labor shortage. Add short-term rentals, and you’ve got the ingredients for a community failing in its need to be sustainable — if workers can’t afford to live here, they’ll move somewhere else.
ON THE MUSIC SCENE, many local establishments adjusted to the need for social distancing by once again offering outdoor music over the summer. Examples included Tuckerman Brewing Co., which offered entertainment in its beer garden, highlighting local bands that included Rek-lis, Shark Martin and the Simon Crawford Band, with occasional visiting bands, including the excellent Gravel Project led by Matthew and Jordan Gravel.
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