Love the article. I've known Lester Dunklee for years and always had a great respect for him - you couldn't find a nicer person!
A great machinist, too - very innovative!
Rick Gordon was the founding director of the Compass School, which operated in Westminster from...
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Local growers and buyers are assessing the damage from a late-spring frost across Vermont that severely damaged thousands of acres of crops. According to the U.S. National Weather Service in Burlington, many below-freezing temperatures were recorded overnight May 17 into the early morning hours of May 18. “We're still grappling, but it was evident that there was significant damage right away,” said Simon Renault, general manager of Scott Farm in Dummerston.“We have a weather station in the orchard and saw...
In September 1996, Becky Graber hosted a Wednesday night rehearsal at KidsPLAYce, the play center where her husband Tim Ellis was the director. She imagined she would gather a small group of women and girls to sing together through the fall, but people kept coming, and by November, they outgrew the venue. More than 60 singers met each week in the music room at Oak Grove School, and the group held its first concert in an ice storm in December...
Simply put: things happen. Funding does not come through, people have opinions and reactions, and organizations have their stance that seems intractable. Parties become adversaries instead of partners. The lessons learned from this can spread a wide net, if we let it, if we tend to it. I am concerned for the people who will need shelter for the coming winter and hope a new place is found. I wanted Groundworks to be able to establish its programs here. I...
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