Issue: June 2016
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Seeking refuge in Vermont – Refugee plan draws praise, backlash in Rutland
Rutland’s plan to resettle displaced Syrians draws praise — and a backlash By C.B. HALLContributing writer RUTLAND, Vt. Representatives of state and national refugee resettlement organizations take questions from city aldermen and the public at a May 25 forum in Rutland. The refugee placement organizations have been working with the city’s mayor on a read more
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‘A ghost or an illusion?’ — Celebrating writer Shirley Jackson
North Bennington celebrates centennial of writer Shirley Jackson By KATE ABBOTTContributing writer NORTH BENNINGTON, Vt. Shirley Jackson Day 2016:Readings of Jackson’s work with two of her children, J.S. Holly and Barry Hyman 7 p.m. Monday, June 27The Left Bank, 5 Bank St., North Bennington, Vt.For more information, call (802) 681-7161 “No one in read more
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Busy downtown is destination — for panhandlers
Saratoga Springs weighs new limits on sidewalk solicitation, vagrancy By THOMAS DIMOPOULOS Contributing writer SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. A panhandler, leaning against the signboard at right, seeks donations from pedestrians on Broadway in Saratoga Springs. The city is debating new limits on what officials say is “agressive panhandling.”Thomas Dimopoulos photo As the growth of Saratoga read more
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Keeping a farm at city’s edge
By EVAN LAWRENCEContributing writer SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. William Pitney shows off the farm his family has owned since 1862 at the western edge of Saratoga Springs. Pitney is working with a new nonprofit group to turn the property into a community hub for producing local food and learning about agriculture. Joan K. Lentini photo read more
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From musical comedy to worldly intrigue
In new season, Oldcastle Theatre aims to build on recent growth By TELLY HALKIASContributing writer BENNINGTON, Vt. Elia Ganias and Amy Griffin play Matt and Sally in last year’s production of “Tallley’s Folly” at Oldcastle Theatre Company. The Bennington troupe opens this year’s five-show season on June 3. Courtesy photo/ Jon R. Davis Five read more
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Staying true to the best in film
New director keeps tradition alive as Images Cinema nears 100 By JOHN SEVENContributing writer WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. Images Cinema got its start in 1916 as the Walden Theater, a silent-movie house on Spring Street in Williamstown. When Doug Jones took over as director of Images Cinema two years ago, he began to look to the read more
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Why refugees from Syria might help Rutland prosper
One of the biggest fallacies being circulated in our corrosive national debate over immigration is the notion that newcomers to the United States are somehow “taking away” the jobs of people who are already here. As we’ve pointed out before, our economy isn’t a steady-state system with only a set number of jobs. As a read more