Issue: April 2016
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Vermont sees evidence of tainted water
Concern grows along with list of towns contaminated by PFOA By EVAN LAWRENCEContributing writer NORTH BENNINGTON, Vt. Relying on bottled water for drinking and cooking is a new and unwelcome experience for Jim Sullivan. Like the rest of his neighbors on a small street at the southeastern edge of North Bennington, Sullivan gets his water read more
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In Vermont, art from high-tech tools
Museum show explores how digital advances are reshaping design By KATE ABBOTTContributing writer BENNINGTON, Vt. A sink carved from Vermont maple ripples in the exact topography of a valley in the Green Mountains. Karolina Kawiaka, the artist and architect who designed it, relies on new technologies that have led to advances in cancer treatment, jet read more
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Bus to the train?
By C.B. HALLContributing writer MANCHESTER, Vt. Bennington County could soon be linked to the national passenger rail system, closing a public-transportation gap that has persisted for nearly half a century. But the new link would come in the form of a bus, rather than the train service some citizens and local government officials have been read more
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Fair tells vendors: Stop selling Confederate flags
By THOMAS DIMOPOULOSContributing writer EASTON, N.Y. The board of the Washington County Fair has asked vendors not to sell Confederate flags and related merchandise at this year’s event. The nonprofit group that runs the fair, after first announcing in early February that it wouldn’t prohibit sales of the controversial flags, reversed itself a couple of read more
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Rural roasters
By STACEY MORRISContributing writer HEBRON, N.Y. When Shelley and Alan Monder began roasting their own coffee nearly a decade ago, they were merely trying to satisfy their craving for a quality cup of java. “We were able to roast coffee that tasted so much better than anything we could buy at the supermarkets, and Shelley read more
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Behind pop-art splash, shades of darkness
Consumer objects hint at deeper meaning in artist’s new MoCA show By JOHN SEVENContributing writer NORTH ADAMS, Mass. The colorful work of the artist Alex Da Corte has the bursting presence and aesthetic immediacy of pop art, but it’s what lies underneath that matters. Da Corte, who’s based in Philadelphia, has a new exhibition, read more
