Tag: North Bennington

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    A Greek tragedy for the 21st century

    Living Room Theatre’s summer show offers ancient anti-war message   Allen McCullough and Randolyn Zinn act out a scene from “Her Name Means Memory,” which Living Room Theatre will present in performances July 26-Aug. 6 at Park-McCullough Historic Governor’s Mansion in North Bennington. Joan K. Lentini photo   By STACEY MORRISContributing writer NORTH BENNINGTON, Vt. read more

    A Greek tragedy for the 21st century
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    A season of sculpture

    From the Berkshires to Vermont, outdoor shows return and expand   The artist Peter Gerakaris has created a series of Byzantine-style paintings of owls. This spring, he has been working the mosaic artist Stephen Miotto to scale up one of his images for an outdoor installation at the Berkshire Botanical Garden in Stockbridge. Courtesy photo read more

    A season of sculpture
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    A closer look at a toxin’s trail

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    New studies find more cancer, wider contamination from PFOA Judith Enck, a former regional administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and Bennington College professors Janet Foley and John Hultgren went door to door in Hoosick Falls, N.Y., to gather information for a community healh survey as they researched the effects of PFOA. David Bond read more

    A closer look at a toxin’s trail
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    In water crisis, states reveal differing political cultures

    It hardly comes as a surprise that when faced with a crisis, Vermont’s state government would perform a whole lot better than New York’s. We already knew, from so many news stories over the years, that Vermont still functions as a representative democracy – and that New York has, well, Albany. But it’s still a read more

    In water crisis, states reveal differing political cultures
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    Vermont sees evidence of tainted water

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    Concern grows along with list of towns contaminated by PFOA By EVAN LAWRENCEContributing writer NORTH BENNINGTON, Vt. Relying on bottled water for drinking and cooking is a new and unwelcome experience for Jim Sullivan. Like the rest of his neighbors on a small street at the southeastern edge of North Bennington, Sullivan gets his water read more

    Vermont sees evidence of tainted water
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    North Bennington sculptor builds art and community

    Sculptor assembles art and community in North Bennington By TELLY HALKIASContributing writer NORTH BENNINGTON, Vt.   The sculptor Joe Chirchirillo stands with his creation “Aquifer,” a kinetic water piece he completed in 2008. The piece is made of steel, copper, electric motors, found objects and water.Courtesy photo/ Gabe Palmer Debris washing up on the shore read more

    North Bennington sculptor builds art and community
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    Shutting out the noise of the world

    North Bennington artist expands her creative range — and wins fans By TELLY HALKIASContributing writer NORTH BENNINGTON, Vt.   Judy Kniffin, seen working at her North Bennington studio, has been serious about the study and practice of art since childhood. But it wasn’t until she took early retirement and moved to Vermont in 2003 that read more

    Shutting out the noise of the world
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    Industrial legacy adds to region’s clean-energy potential

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    Industrial legacy adds to region’s clean-energy potential By ALEX ELVINContributing writer A. Perry Heller photos   NORTH BENNINGTON, Vt. Bill Scully says he had an epiphany while driving home on Christmas Day in 2008, past the historic mills and dams of southern Vermont. “Why,” he recalls wondering, “when there is an energy crisis, am I read more

    Industrial legacy adds to region’s clean-energy potential
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    Study backs passenger rail for southwestern Vermont

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    By EVAN LAWRENCEContributing writer   Carrie Snyder photo   NORTH BENNINGTON, Vt.A study released earlier this year by the Vermont and New York transportation departments concludes that passenger train service should be restored to southwestern Vermont after an absence of more than 60 years. Consultant Vanasse Hangen Brustlin Inc., in a study paid for by read more

    Study backs passenger rail for southwestern Vermont
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    In energy and transport, finding future in the past

    By coincidence this month’s paper features two stories from North Bennington, Vt., about efforts to revive technologies that disappeared from the local scene roughly 60 years ago. Back in the early 1950s, the Rutland Railway abandoned all of its passenger train service, including a line through North Bennington, in the face of rising competition from read more

    In energy and transport, finding future in the past