Apr 17-23, 2013
From Peddling to Prosperity: How a Family of Lebanese Immigrants Built a Vermont Business Empire
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From Peddling to Prosperity: How the Handy Clan Became a Vermont Business Empire
The bells of St. Mary’s tolled slowly as mourners poured down the steps of the red brick Catholic church on the hill above downtown St….
Seeking Teen Girls for Summer IT Institute
High school girls in grades 9 through 11, listen up: Organizers of the Governor’s Institutes of Vermont want you to attend their Information Technology Institute…
The Patent Files: Mercedes Rincon
Vermont has one of the highest rates of patents per capita in the country. Every year, the state produces dozens of inventions and innovations that…
News Quirks
Curses, Foiled Again Authorities charged Ruth C. Amen, 46, with embezzlement after she paid for a surprise birthday party for her boss. Amen had been…
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (Mar. 21-Apr. 19): The writer Oliver Burkeman has some advice that would be helpful for you Aries folks to hear right now: “When you…
No Place Like Homei: Exceptional Asian Food Just Over the Québec Border
Gina Wou was 28 when she decided to attend the New England Culinary Institute. “That’s like being 28 and deciding to be a supermodel,” jokes…
Two Small Vermont Colleges Compete Nationally in a Solar-powered Architecture Face-off
Construction is under way at Middlebury College and Norwich University, where students are hammering their way closer to the dream of “net-zero” living. Their challenge?…
Eyewitness: Duncan Johnson Creates “Paintings” From Reclaimed Wood
In his West Hartford studio, Duncan Johnson has shelves stacked with painted wooden boards, reclaimed from area building projects and carefully organized by color. On…
Walk the Line: An Interview With Paul Hoffman of Greensky Bluegrass
Greensky Bluegrass, from Kalamazoo, Mich., embody a dichotomy in modern acoustic music. On paper, they are a bluegrass band, ace players wielding guitars, banjo, mandolin…
Book Reviews: Heavenly Bodies by Cynthia Huntington, Sudden Eden by Verandah Porche
Heavenly Bodies is a recent collection of poems, and a 2012 National Book Award finalist, by Post Mills poet and Dartmouth College professor Cynthia Huntington….
Local Beers, Spirits, Wines and Ciders to Suit Spring, the Most Capricious Season
Spring is a time of uncertainty, at least when it comes to the weather. A glorious, sun-splashed day can be followed in less than 24…
Vermontivate Gamers Earn Points for the Planet
If children ages 3 to 7 years old in a Brattleboro daycare can change the way they dry their hands for the sake of the…
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Can/Am Con XI [307]
4/13/13: The 11th Annual Can/Am Con (short for Canadian-American Contest) was held at Camels Hump Middle School in Richmond on Saturday – the first time…
Letters to the Editor
Senator is Sincere [Fair Game: “No Laughing Matter,” April 3] seemed to imply insincerity on my part for voting “no” on a floor amendment to…
