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While summer has been gloomy for the Vermont tourist industry, the sector got a big boost last week from the Scott administration. At a Sept. 18 news briefing in Montpelier, Gov. Phil Scott announced lodging facilities may now rent all their rooms, as long as guests comply with all other requirements. Those mandates still include mask-wearing, physical distancing, and travel and quarantine rules, in addition to limits on dining and gathering size, he said. Scott also said that bar seating...
The Vermont Jazz Center welcomes Renee Rosnes and Bill Charlap, who will perform on two Steinway concert grand pianos at the VJC on Saturday, May 13 at 7:30 p.m. A married couple, Rosnes and Charlap are considered among the finest jazz pianists of their generation. Charlap is an unparalleled expert on the Great American Songbook, and Rosnes is a five-time Juno Award–winning pianist/composer and artistic director of the Oscar Peterson Jazz Festival. Rosnes' and Charlap's devotion to the music and...
I am extremely disappointed in Rep. Richard Marek (D-Windham 5). This has nothing to do with the fact that he has chosen not to run, nor do I have any extreme issues with how he has or has not represented the district over his tenure. My disappointment is in the timing of his announcement and the manner in which it was done. We all know incumbents tend to win elections in Vermont. It might not have anything at all to...
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