Tag: Vermont

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    Counterculture lives on as Rainbow Gathering visits Vermont

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    By TRACY FRISCHContributing writer MOUNT TABOR, Vt.   More than 10,000 people are estimated to have set up camp last month in the Green Mountain National Forest near Mount Tabor for the national Rainbow Gathering, an experiment in alternative living that traces its roots to the anti-war counterculture of the late 1960s.Tracy Frisch photo When read more

    Counterculture lives on as Rainbow Gathering visits Vermont
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    Finding color and light in the Green Mountains

    Modernist painter Milton Avery’s work in Vermont is focus of exhibit By TELLY HALKIASContributing Writer BENNINGTON, Vt.   Milton Avery’s “Blue Trees” (1945) became one of his best-known paintings and was among those inspired by his visits to southern Vermont in the 1930s and ‘40s. It is featured in a new exhibit at the Bennington read more

    Finding color and light in the Green Mountains
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    A victory for labeling that keeps us in the dark

    It was probably only a matter of time. Two years ago, legislators in Montpelier voted overwhelmingly to make Vermont the first state in the nation to require labeling of foods with genetically modified ingredients. For several years before that, Vermonters had spoken out loudly – and jammed legislative hearings – to demand the right to read more

    A victory for labeling that keeps us in the dark
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    Opponents push for vote on refugees

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    Rutland petition calls for referendum on Syrian resettlement By C.B. HALLContributing writer RUTLAND, Vt.   Lawn signs promote the new civic group Rutland Welcomes, which supports the planned resettlement of 100 Syrian refugees in the city. C.B. Hall photo With the prospect of 100 Syrian refugees arriving in Rutland this fall, some local activists are read more

    Opponents push for vote on refugees
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    Seeking refuge in Vermont – Refugee plan draws praise, backlash in Rutland

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    Rutland’s plan to resettle displaced Syrians draws praise — and a backlash By C.B. HALLContributing writer RUTLAND, Vt.   Representatives of state and national refugee resettlement organizations take questions from city aldermen and the public at a May 25 forum in Rutland. The refugee placement organizations have been working with the city’s mayor on a read more

    Seeking refuge in Vermont – Refugee plan draws praise, backlash in Rutland
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    ‘A ghost or an illusion?’ — Celebrating writer Shirley Jackson

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    North Bennington celebrates centennial of writer Shirley Jackson By KATE ABBOTTContributing writer NORTH BENNINGTON, Vt.     Shirley Jackson Day 2016:Readings of Jackson’s work with two of her children, J.S. Holly and Barry Hyman 7 p.m. Monday, June 27The Left Bank, 5 Bank St., North Bennington, Vt.For more information, call (802) 681-7161 “No one in read more

    ‘A ghost or an illusion?’ — Celebrating writer Shirley Jackson
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    From musical comedy to worldly intrigue

    In new season, Oldcastle Theatre aims to build on recent growth By TELLY HALKIASContributing writer BENNINGTON, Vt.   Elia Ganias and Amy Griffin play Matt and Sally in last year’s production of “Tallley’s Folly” at Oldcastle Theatre Company. The Bennington troupe opens this year’s five-show season on June 3. Courtesy photo/ Jon R. Davis Five read more

    From musical comedy to worldly intrigue
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    Why refugees from Syria might help Rutland prosper

    One of the biggest fallacies being circulated in our corrosive national debate over immigration is the notion that newcomers to the United States are somehow “taking away” the jobs of people who are already here. As we’ve pointed out before, our economy isn’t a steady-state system with only a set number of jobs. As a read more

    Why refugees from Syria might help Rutland prosper
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    Vermont’s new anti-sprawl law faces test in Rutland

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    State’s new anti-sprawl law faces early test in Rutland By C.B. HALLContributing writer RUTLAND, Vt.   The struggling Diamond Run Mall in Rutland, Vt., is visible atop a hill in the distance, across Route 7 from a meadow where developers want to build a new BJ’s Wholesale Club store. Opponents, including the mall’s owners, say read more

    Vermont’s new anti-sprawl law faces test in Rutland
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    Charles Simic – From war to circuses, poems of vivid imagery

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    Pulitzer Prize winner Charles Simic to read at Bennington College By KATE ABBOTTContributing writer NORTH BENNINGTON, Vt.   Charles Simic, a former national poet laureate whose work is known for its vivid images and moods that range from intense sadness to comedy, will read his works May 11 at Bennington College. © Philip Simic Dark read more

    Charles Simic – From war to circuses, poems of vivid imagery