From my youngest childhood days, I remember foraging for fiddlehead ferns with my Uncle Leonard,
To prepare the fiddleheads: First, soak your fiddleheads in cold water for 10 minutes and...
Daffodils can break your heart in so many lovely ways. "I wandered lonely as a...
I smell maple syrup in the air and travel back to the kitchen of Grandma...
Officials are shooting for a Town Meeting Day referendum on the possibility of building a 600-megawatt, gas-fired power plant somewhere near the Vermont Yankee site. If a March 1 vote is approved by the Selectboard, the intervening three months will give the Planning Commission more time to address myriad questions and concerns about such a facility. Officials also are asking the project's lead advocate, Winhall resident Don Campbell, to narrow in on a site for the plant by early 2016.
I was not allowed to say on Vermont Public Radio that it was my grandfather who abused me - in a commentary about how hard it is for women like myself to speak up about past sexual abuse. Like many women, I was inspired to speak by Christine Blasey Ford's testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee. I found it entirely credible that she would have remained silent for over 30 years. I've been silent for 50. For those years I...
Beginning at 5:30 p.m. during the March 6 edition of Gallery Walk, events will take place inside and outside Epsilon Spires at 190 Main Street. Epsilon Spires will unveil new signage in front of the building in a gesture of change and revitalization at the former Baptist Church. “Epsilon Spires is a place that fosters social impact through art and science,” said Epsilon Spires board president David McManus. “We want to signal this new direction through innovative programming. Having our...
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