Issue: June 2019
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Melding farm and forest
Planting of nut trees puts a new agricultural model to the test A volunteer crew works to plant hazelnut tree seedlings at Kevin Maher’s farm in Cambridge, N.Y. photo by Joan K. Lentini By TRACY FRISCHContributing writer CAMBRIDGE, N.Y. The crew gathered at Kevin Maher’s farm on a weekend in the middle of read more
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Vermont weighs rules for slate quarries
Industry warns of costs and job losses, but critics see need for oversight Tom Beebe hammers a large piece of slate so that it will be able to fit onto the processing belt at the Sheldon Slate Products facility in Poultney. Joan K. Lentini photo By EVAN LAWRENCEContributing writer POULTNEY, Vt. A legislative battle read more
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Adirondack Theatre Festival focuses on the new — and the fun
Adirondack festival plans three musicals and a thriller in milestone season Sid Solomon, Sam Kedere, Janet Krupin and Luce Lavely perform in Adirondack Theatre Festival’s 2018 production of “The Jedi Handbook.” The festival will offer four new shows for its 25th season. Courtesy photo/Jim McLaughlin By TELLY HALKIASContributing writer GLENS FALLS, N.Y. In the read more
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Judge bars college from selling arts center
The founders of the Bennington Center for the Arts have gone to court in an effort to annul their gift of the center to Southern Vermont College. In a lawsuit filed May 21 in Bennington Superior Court, Bruce Laumeister and Elizabeth Small argue that when they agreed to donate the arts center and its collection read more
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Ground rules needed for slate quarrying
One of the chief selling points of zoning and planning laws is the idea that government oversight of land use gives a measure of protection to landowners large and small. As we’ve seen in many cases over the years, the devil is the details of land-use laws, and sometimes these laws wind up requiring ugly read more
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Measuring time as a college shuts down
Time has run out for Green Mountain College, which last month held a bittersweet final commencement ceremony. The college had struggled recently in the face of declining enrollment and operating deficits. With its endowment of $2.9 million dwarfed by a debt load of more than $22 million, Green Mountain’s president announced in January that it read more