Issue: April 2012
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What corsets, petticoats revealed
Exhibit traces social history through 19th century undergarments By STACEY MORRIS Contributing writer BENNINGTON, Vt. Can a corset tell a story? Perhaps. Callie Stewart, the collections manager at the Bennington Museum, knows that corsets, stays, and petticoats signified a lot more than the mere wearing of undergarments for women living in New England in the read more
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Cows giving way to sheep, alpacas
Tour celebrates rise of ‘fiber farming’ in Washington County By EVAN LAWRENCE Contributing writer CAMBRIDGE, N.Y. Dairy cows may predominate on the farms of Washington County, but over the past two decades there’s been a quiet resurgence in fiber farming: raising animals for their wool or fur rather than meat or milk. The transformation will read more
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In age of super PACs, a grassroots revolt
Rutland, area towns back resolutions opposing ‘corporate personhood’ By TRACY FRISCH Contributing writer RUTLAND, Vt. On the shortest, darkest days of the year, local activists were out knocking on doors and collecting signatures in support of a constitutional amendment. Outraged by a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that has unleashed unlimited election spending by corporations, members read more
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Maps reshape political calculus in N.Y.
New district lines set stage for heated congressional races By FRED DALEY Editor The political ground is shifting across eastern New York, thanks to new district maps that were finalized last month for the state’s congressional and legislative seats. The new maps, required every 10 years because of populations shifts revealed by the U.S. read more
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Vermont moves to limit vaccine exemptions
Vermont moves to limit vaccine exemptions, prompting backlash By CRAIG IDLEBROOK Contributing writer BENNINGTON, Vt. Asked about the subject of childhood vaccines, Lauryn Starkie Kreuder became guarded. Starkie Kreuder and her husband have chosen not to vaccinate their two children. Citing philosophical objections, they obtained a waiver from the state’s vaccine requirements. The waiver read more