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Childhood obesity’s real problem

BRATTLEBORO—I am a local preschool teacher and love running around and being outside with my kids every day. I am an avid gardener at my home, and I am interested in local foods and nutrition. I have also attempted to unify my preschool and gardening interests by becoming part of the Farm to School movement.

Given my profession and my interests, I hear an awful lot about childhood obesity and, quite frankly, I am tired of it... Continue reading story

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Cheese truism

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Even if hemp cultivation becomes legal, would other regulations eliminate its economic advantage

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Vermont ahead of curve on marijuana reform

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Great respect here for one another’s art

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Turn of events at RFL is appalling

ESSAY

From distant father to best friend

For a young gay man, one car ride home changed everything

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More thanks for Jim Kurty

VIEWPOINT

Childhood obesity’s real problem

Our response to a national epidemic is as damaging as the problem itself

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A lighter, kinder approach — and fresh start — would work wonders at RFPL

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Huge thanks for street fair in So. Londonderry

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VY proves that it’s a good neighbor

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Nature does not make mistakes

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Police handled scary situation professionally

VIEWPOINT

A different perspective on economic planning for Brattleboro

LETTERS FROM READERS

AIDS Project sends thanks for successful Walk for Life

WINDHAM COUNTY

Colonels reach Division I softball semifinals

WINDHAM COUNTY

Colonels finish strong as they head into softball playoffs

WINDHAM COUNTY

Perfect game bid spoiled as Terriers stun Colonels

WINDHAM COUNTY

New softball diamond honors ‘Brownie’ Towle

WINDHAM COUNTY

Brattleboro Small Fry league honors Weaver, Underhill with new dugouts

WINDHAM COUNTY

Rebels off to a good start in softball, baseball

WINDHAM COUNTY

Colonels stumble to 1-7 start on the diamond

WINDHAM COUNTY

Wood, Colonel softballers off to a great start

WINDHAM COUNTY

Terriers top Rebels to open baseball season

BRATTLEBORO

On a roll for a good cause

Hundreds turn out to support Big Brothers Big Sisters in annual ‘Bowl For Kids’ Sake’

BRATTLEBORO

Brattleboro Energy Committee, Time Share team up for Energy Challenge

GUILFORD

Broad Brook Grange to present Sally Carpenter Memorial Scholarship

BRATTLEBORO

Hospice presents annual Memorial Garden service on June 2

BRATTLEBORO

First ‘Camp for a Common Cause’ raises more than $10,000 to help homeless

WESTMINSTER

Westminter Cares series continues with tips on how to forestall dementia

SOUTH NEWFANE

A welcome summer resident

Rose-breasted Grosbeak is stunning and sounds like a robin who has taken voice lessons

WINDHAM COUNTY

Vermont State Parks open this weekend

BRATTLEBORO

United Way, local dental practices provide needed dental care

WINDHAM COUNTY

HCRS earns Gold Seal of Approval from Joint Commission

WINDHAM COUNTY

Efficiency Vermont wants your extra fridge or freezer

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Correction

BRATTLEBORO

Selectboard to begin process of replacing Schneck

BRATTLEBORO

Transferring to the Slow Lane

Slow Living conference focuses on individual transformation

BRATTLEBORO

Creating the world we want

Francis Moore Lappé challenges notions of scarcity at Slow Living Summit

BRATTLEBORO

Local bar receives outdoor alcohol consumption permit, with conditions

BRATTLEBORO

Northeast Collaborative Architects named architect-engineer firm for Police-Fire facilities project

BRATTLEBORO

Commonwealth Diary completes $12 million expansion

Shumlin touts company’s success as metaphor for state’s economic health

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Strolling of the Heifers parade photos

BRATTLEBORO

Entergy drops federal lawsuit over backup generator

Public Service Board grants permit in response

BRATTLEBORO

Highlights of Slow Living Summit

BELLOWS FALLS

Village voters to get a second crack at budget on June 24

BELLOWS FALLS

RFPL Trustees approve lease for temporary library location

ROCKINGHAM

Town backs employee in case of spoofed email

Village, Town Attorney calls messages ‘attempt to discredit’ BF Village Clerk

WINDHAM COUNTY

Hungry kids can get food

20 sites in county to offer free meals to youths this summer

BRATTLEBORO

Paving work begins on Interstate 91 between Brattleboro, Rockingham

BRATTLEBORO

Chesterfield Arch Bridge Society seeks volunteers

DUMMERSTON

Time to revisit zoning?

Dummerston settles one property dispute, only to be embroiled in another

PUTNEY

Putney tries once again to secure state sidewalk grant

Project, in second phase, would link village to Landmark College campus

WESTMINSTER

Pinnacle Association honors Ray Hitchcock with Volunteer of the Year award

DOVER

‘Moving Wall’ memorial is coming to Deerfield Valley

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PUTNEY

New resonance

In the wake of the Bangladesh factory collapse, artists tell a century-old story that’s as fresh as the morning headlines

BRATTLEBORO

Dance festival to debut

Preparations begin for ‘monumental event’ in July

BRATTLEBORO

History, imagination intersect in new work

‘Not What Happened’ recreates a fragment of time as imagined by a playwright and a photographer

BRATTLEBORO

Brattleboro music venue gets a fresh start

Barnaby’s Music Hall seeks to put down roots in former Rocky Top space

SAXTONS RIVER

True stories featured at Main Street Arts

BRATTLEBORO

NEYT alumni present ‘Blood Wedding’ on June 21-23

GRAFTON

VSO comes to Grafton for annual outdoor concert

GUILFORD

FOMAG’s A Cappella à la Carte features ‘Melodies Steal Into My Heart’

DUMMERSTON

Simba presents summer solstice concert

TOWNSHEND

Concert on Townshend Common benefits church’s roof fund

BRATTLEBORO

Eight good reasons to eat local food

BRATTLEBORO

A culinary homage to ‘Arrested Development’

Don’t make a huge mistake — make these cornballs. But no touching.

BRATTLEBORO

When oil and water do mix

The art and science of making your own mayonnaise: the possibilities are endless

BRATTLEBORO

The artisan-cheese revolution

What does it all mean? Well, purer and more healthful food, for starters

BRATTLEBORO

A way forward from a ‘black market’ in meat

New slaughtering rules allowing on-farm outdoor slaughter will take effect for ‘hyperlocal’ meat farmers

BRATTLEBORO

Scraps equals soufflé

Conservation in the kitchen is a value that any cook should embrace

BRATTLEBORO

Loving your work

I found a job that satisfied my two main character traits: geekery and hedonism. I was in the right place.

BRATTLEBORO

Food lust

A trip to Los Angeles offers a worldly explosion of taste

BRATTLEBORO

Sour sign of spring

Rhubarb comes to life

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Mamas, don’t let your babies grow up to be cheesemongers

It is not the greatest profession...except when it is

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