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The Enterprise — Elizabeth Floyd Mair

Jane and Nancy DeRook stand in front of the old Ballet Barn last month. Mother and daughter both told The Enterprise recently that they were taken aback in the spring of 2014 when town officials, instead of sending the pair a thank-you letter or telephoning them, chose to abruptly cut off their access to the Ballet Barn — where their ballet school had been housed for decades — by changing the locks.