Tag: Bennington

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    Who’s got your number? License-plate scanners raise privacy concerns

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    License-plate scanners help police but raise privacy concerns By CRAIG IDLEBROOK Contributing writer BENNINGTON, Vt.One day in late September, Bennington police were given information about a possible drug deal set to occur within the town limits. The police began to search the area for a vehicle of one of the suspects. Officers couldn’t find a read more

    Who’s got your number? License-plate scanners raise privacy concerns
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    Oldcastle Theater company moves to downtown Bennington

    Theater company’s move to downtown Bennington opens possibilities By EVAN LAWRENCE Contributing writer   BENNINGTON, Vt. When Oldcastle Theatre Company had to vacate its home of 18 years last fall, some feared for the future of the local theater group. But a blow that could have been fatal has turned instead into an exciting opportunity. read more

    Oldcastle Theater company moves to downtown Bennington
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    What corsets, petticoats revealed

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    Exhibit traces social history through 19th century undergarments By STACEY MORRIS Contributing writer BENNINGTON, Vt. Can a corset tell a story? Perhaps. Callie Stewart, the collections manager at the Bennington Museum, knows that corsets, stays, and petticoats signified a lot more than the mere wearing of undergarments for women living in New England in the read more

    What corsets, petticoats revealed
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    Vermont moves to limit vaccine exemptions

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    Vermont moves to limit vaccine exemptions, prompting backlash By CRAIG IDLEBROOK Contributing writer   BENNINGTON, Vt. Asked about the subject of childhood vaccines, Lauryn Starkie Kreuder became guarded. Starkie Kreuder and her husband have chosen not to vaccinate their two children. Citing philosophical objections, they obtained a waiver from the state’s vaccine requirements. The waiver read more

    Vermont moves to limit vaccine exemptions
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    Children of industry

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    By JUDY BERNSTEIN Contributing writer   BENNINGTON, Vt.Looking at the canvas, you can almost hear the enormous machines whirring and clanging and feel the cotton lint hanging in the air of the mill room as you, a child, work. In another, you see “the overseer,” an ominous, shadowy presence. Maybe he’s there, or maybe he’s read more

    Children of industry