Strong winds, with gusts as high as 85 miles per hour, raced through Vermont Monday night, knocking down utility poles and cutting power to 18,300 homes and businesses. By Tuesday morning, winds were winding down and Green Mountain Power crews had restored power to more than 12,700 customers. GMP has called in support crews from around Vermont and restored power to nearly all its customers by late Tuesday night. “Crews have been working throughout the night restoring power to thousands...
When Albert Camus published his allegorical story The Plague in 1947 about a deadly contagion sweeping the French city of Oran in 1849, he raised a number of questions about the nature of the human condition. “I have no idea what's awaiting me, or what will happen when this all ends,” one of his characters says. Later, Camus reflects that “a loveless world is a dead world, and always there comes an hour [...] when all one craves for is...
The Yellow Barn Summer Festival distinguishes itself as an international chamber music hub that, according to its website, “encourages discovery in the studio, classroom, and concert hall; explores the craft of musical interpretation; and illuminates our world through the unique experience of music.” A participant's journey begins well before the festival opens. “Four weeks before their arrival, participants receive their assigned repertoire and are notified when each work will be performed and rehearsals will begin,” the festival organizers write at...
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