Richford's Part Is Done. Now the Town Waits.
The McGill student collective behind 'Nous Sommes RONA / We Are RONA' has wrapped its second Richford interview and begun editing Episode Six. For those who shared their stories, there is nothing left to do but wait.
Richford's Part Is Done. Now the Town Waits.
RICHFORD, Vt. — The calls are over. The stories have been told. And sometime Monday morning, Colette Aubin-Roy plans to pin a small note to the community board at the Richford Public Library to let people know.
The McGill student collective behind the podcast Nous Sommes RONA / We Are RONA posted a brief update to its listener forum Sunday confirming that a second round of interviews with Richford residents has concluded, and that the team has entered the editing and assembly phase for Episode Six. No further interviews are currently scheduled, the post said. The collective described the session as "everything we hoped and a few things we didn't expect."
For a small border town, it is a quiet kind of milestone.
Aubin-Roy works at the library and became an informal point of contact for residents curious about the project — a role that required little more than keeping flyers current and fielding questions from patrons who weren't sure exactly who to call. She learned of Sunday's update from a patron who spotted the forum post. She said the note she plans to post will be brief.
"People just want to know where things stand," she said. "They gave something of themselves. I think they deserve to hear that it landed somewhere."
Episode Six does not yet have a release date. Until it does, Richford's contribution to the ongoing documentary record of RONAn life sits in an editing queue in Montreal.