Issue: August 2014
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Drugged by court order — Patients, advocates seek alternatives to forced psychiatric medication
Patients, advocates seek alternatives to forced psychiatric medication By TRACY FRISCHContributing writer For Sarah Launderville, the idea of forced drugging brings back horrific memories. Launderville, the executive director of the Vermont Center for Independent Living, told a legislative panel earlier this year how she was subjected to years of sexual violence by her stepfather read more
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A president’s last refuge
Its future unclear, mountainside cottage keeps Grant’s memory alive By STACEY MORRISContributing writer WILTON, N.Y. On a sweltering summer afternoon, a crowd gathered near the top of Mount McGregor to pay tribute to Ulysses S. Grant. The Remembrance Day ceremony at Grant Cottage, where the nation’s 18th president spent his last days, attracted dozens read more
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New hope for bats
Researchers find improved survival among one species, after long decline By EVAN LAWRENCEContributing writer DORSET, Vt. Biologists have documented the first hopeful sign that the region’s bat populations may eventually recover from the devastation of white nose syndrome. The numbers of one species of bat affected by the deadly disease appear to be stabilizing, with read more
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In Saratoga, juice bars proliferate
By STACEY MORRISContributing writer SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. From behind her table at the Spa City Farmers Market, Sydney Peyser presides over three moonshine-sized jugs of her just-squeezed juices. Each is a different color, reflecting the differing ratios of fruits and vegetables. Peyser pours 8- and 16-ounce servings to her regulars, many of whom amble up read more
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Going beyond the traditional
Bennington Museum widens scope, adds taste of Vermont modernism By TELLY HALKIASContributing writer BENNINGTON, Vt. Up until two years ago, the Bennington Museum mostly focused on local history, arts and culture from the 18th and 19th centuries. Then Robert Wolterstorff was hired as the museum’s new director in the summer of 2012 after a yearlong read more
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Worlds apart, under one roof
Exhibit links artist’s life experiences, Egypt’s upheaval By JOHN SEVENContributing writer NORTH ADAMS, Mass. Julia Morgan-Leamon’s “Split/Level” takes a suburban housing style from the 1970s and reshuffles it into a metaphorical zone that’s part personal history and part global reality. The exhibition, which opened July 31 and remains on view through Aug. 24 in Gallery read more
