Issue: May 2019
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Changing rules for immigrant driver’s licenses?
N.Y., Mass. debate changes to help immigrant workers Emerson Exante, a legal immigrant from Guatemala who works at a Washington County dairy farm, shows off his new New York driver’s license. But for the many undocumented workers at farms and elsewhere in the region, getting a license isn’t an option. Legislative proposals to change that read more
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German delight, made in Vermont
Quest for gluten-free spatzle leads to specialty food business Marty and Julz Irion started trying to create a gluten-free version of German spatzle noodles seven years ago. The trial-and-error effort led to a tasty recipe and a home-based artisanal food business.Joan K. Lentini photo By STACEY MORRISContributing writer ARLINGTON, Vt.On an April afternoon, Arlington’s read more
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Plan to control geese sparks debate
In the Berkshires, some see nuisance, others see nature Wide lawns along the shore of Richmond Pond have become a popular summer gathering spot for Canada geese. Some local landowners have come up with a plan to reduce the numbers of geese they say have become a nuisance, but others who live near the read more
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Mass MoCA explores shifting views of what’s real
In MoCA group show, artists explore human condition in post-truth era Titus Kaphar’s oil painting “Seeing Through Time 2” (2018) is among works by 16 artists that are gathered in the group show “Suffering from Realness” that opened last month at Mass MoCA. courtesy Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art By KATE ABBOTTContributing writer read more
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Broadway to Bennington
Oldcastle Theatre sets stage for new ‘transitional’ season Sarah Corey and Peter Langstaff perform in Oldcastle Theatre’s 2018 production of A.R. Gurney’s “Fourth Wall.”Erika Floriani photo/courtesy Oldcastle Theatre Company By TELLY HALKIASContributing writer BENNINGTON, Vt. It was the early 1970s when Eric Peterson and a handful of his actor friends left the shadow of read more
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Gun debate shapes Saratoga schools vote
A school board election this month in Saratoga Springs is turning into a costly proxy battle in the national debate over gun violence and the Second Amendment. Seven candidates are competing for three seats on the city school board in the May 21 election, and much of the campaign so far has focused on the read more
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In a graying region, welcome willing hands
One of the wonders of our current period of political polarization is the apparent ease with which some people are managing to hold fast to their ideological viewpoints even in the face of lots of contradictory evidence. And nowhere is that phenomenon more evident that in our ugly national debate over immigration. Last month, our read more
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Religion, slavery fueled local debate in 1856 campaign
Religious freedom was an underlying issue in the 1856 presidential race, 72 years before Democrat Al Smith became the first practicing Roman Catholic nominee for U.S. president in 1928. Critics of John C. Fremont, the first presidential candidate of the newly formed Republican Party, spread reports that Fremont was a Roman Catholic, insinuating that his read more
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Colleges on the brink
Demographic, financial pressures spell doom for three area schools Southern Vermont College President David R. Evans stands on the patio outside his office in the college’s Everett Mansion. The college is one of three in the region that plan to close this spring. Joan K. Lentini photo By EVAN LAWRENCEContributing writer With read more
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Naumkeag grows a new focus on spring
In bid to extend season, Naumkeag prepares first-ever daffodil festival The 44-room house at Naumkeag, built in the 1880s as the Choate family’s summer “cottage,” towers above its terraced gardens. The historic property will host its first-ever Daffodil Festival this month.Kate Abbott photo By KATE ABBOTTContributing writer STOCKBRIDGE, Mass. The linden trees may read more
