Tag: Bennington

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    Bus to the train?

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    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

    Bus to the train?
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    Amid virtual shopping, real stores find a way

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    Region’s downtowns tap into growth of buy-local movement By KATE ABBOTTContributing writer   In the shadow of ever-expanding online and big-box commerce, locally owned businesses are still finding ways to draw customers downtown this year as the holidays draw near. The attractions vary widely: scrabble lights or Haiku poetry games, fresh arugula in midwinter, the read more

    Amid virtual shopping, real stores find a way
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    Celebrating the self-taught artist

    ‘Grassroots art’ is focus in exhibit at Bennington Museum By TELLY HALKIASContributing writer BENNINGTON, Vt. Stephen C. Warren’s “Memory Ware Tower” (1894). Photos courtesy of the Bennington Museum The Mona Lisa has been in the Louvre since 1797; one of Monet’s water-lily paintings sold at auction for more than $60 million in 2008. These and read more

    Celebrating the self-taught artist
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    A toddler as muse

    Bennington artist blends family, creative lives in works that challenge By TELLY HALKIASContributing writer BENNINGTON, Vt.   The artist Renee Bouchard has lately been inviting her 2-year-old son, Ensor, to share in her creative process. The result is a series of paintings that will be on display at two locations in downtown Bennington this summer read more

    A toddler as muse
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    Vermont weighs options for veterans home

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    Bennington facility’s subsidy becomes a target amid state budget squeeze By EVAN LAWRENCEContributing writer BENNINGTON, Vt.   Residents of the Vermont Veterans’ Home gather for an activity in late April. State officials have lately been debating how to fund the facility, which currently receives a $5 million annual state subsidy, and some have even suggested read more

    Vermont weighs options for veterans home
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    From business to brushstroke

    By TELLY HALKIASContributing writer BENNINGTON, Vt.   Tony Conner of Bennington, Vt., was working for an oil company in New Jersey in the 1980s when he set a goal of becoming a professional artist. Courtesy photo For Tony Conner, the road not taken was as clear as a lone printed word on a business memo read more

    From business to brushstroke
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    Bennington says no to fluoridated water

    A proposal to add fluoride to Bennington’s drinking water has been dropped after the town’s voters rejected the idea by a lopsided margin. An advisory question on the March 3 town meeting ballot asked whether the town should fluoridate its water to help prevent tooth decay. A total of 1,539 voters, or about 58 percent, read more

    Bennington says no to fluoridated water
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    In Bennington, a battle over fluoride

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    Doctors see public-health benefit, but opponents decry ‘mass medication’ By EVAN LAWRENCEContributing writer BENNINGTON, Vt.   Mary Lou Albert is one of the organizers of Bennington Citizens Against Fluoridated Water, a group opposing a March 3 advisory vote on whether to add fluoride to the town’s drinking water. The measure is supported a group of read more

    In Bennington, a battle over fluoride
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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

    Going beyond the traditional
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    Accessible expression

    By EVAN LAWRENCE Contributing writer     BENNINGTON, Vt. When it comes to the creation of top-quality art, physical and mental disabilities don’t have to be insurmountable barriers. That’s the message of two shows that opened this month at the Bennington Museum. “Engage,” presented by the group VSA Vermont, features 39 works by 35 contemporary read more

    Accessible expression