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Dario Lussardi
Five important conversations to have with your teens now
When I was parenting two teenage boys I heard all kinds of good advice, some of which was useful and some that seemed impractical for my particular circumstances. Looking back however, I wonder if ...
Jun 06, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 51 51 recommendations | email to a friend
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Gov. Shumlin addresses the 61 graduates.
Gov. Shumlin addresses Marlboro College’s graduating class
MARLBORO- Gov. Peter Shumlin delivered the commencement address at Marlboro College’s 66th commencement ceremony on Sunday, May 19, praising graduates as citizens armed for participation in a trans...
May 23, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 53 53 recommendations | email to a friend
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Marcia Dorey
This American bald eagle arrived at the Southern Vermont Natural History Museum last week.
There’s a book by author Ruth Ozeki, “A Tale for the Time Being,” in which one of the characters muses on the meaning of “now.” You can never describe now, says this character, because the minute ...
May 23, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 49 49 recommendations | email to a friend
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Julie Lineberger
More health insurance choices this October from Vermont Health Connect
Starting October 2013, all Vermonters who pay for health insurance themselves, Vermonters who don’t have health insurance, those who have Medicaid, Dr. Dynasaur, Catamount or Vermont Health Access ...
May 16, 2013 | 1 1 comments | 49 49 recommendations | email to a friend
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Ann Manwaring
Students attending tech school in other states
“Dunderbeck, oh Dunderbeck, how could you be so mean/to ever have invented the sausage meat machine?” So goes the ditty that could just as well have been talking about how legislation is created, a...
May 16, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 48 48 recommendations | email to a friend
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Over 200 health care workers converge: Doctors don’t kill, infections do
DOVER- More than 200 health care providers converged on Mount Snow this week for a conference focusing on patient safety. The conference, which drew attendees from as far away as San Francisco, wa...
May 09, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 48 48 recommendations | email to a friend
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A difficult legislative session to this point
by Ann Manwaring
May 02, 2013 | 1 1 comments | 102 102 recommendations | email to a friend
This legislative session has been probably the most difficult yet for me, likely because I’ve found myself on the wrong and losing side of a number of important issues or on the winning side of unp...
Burnt toast: Facing failure to become stronger and more confident
by Dario Lussardi
May 02, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 116 116 recommendations | email to a friend
I was talking with a friend recently who told me a story about how one day when she was hastily making toast for her son’s breakfast and it turned out badly burned. Her son, who was late for the sc...
Evil is almost always cruel
by Rev. Dr. Marcia Dorey
Apr 25, 2013 | 1 1 comments | 105 105 recommendations | email to a friend
Jackie Gingrich Cushman wrote in a recent editorial: “Evil is always cruel.” She was writing about the Boston Marathon and the bombs that were planted to maim and cripple runners, the damage focuse...
Rabbi’s role is to teach and lead community
by Faith Schuster
Apr 18, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 121 121 recommendations | email to a friend
Just a short time ago the whole world waited, watching for smoke coming from a chimney in the Vatican. For the first time in 600 years, a Pope had resigned. The choice of a successor was a matter...
Moving wall coming to valley
Apr 11, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 107 107 recommendations | email to a friend
WILMINGTON- The American Legion Nelson E. Pickwell Post #15 is honored and pleased to announce that the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Moving Wall will be on display from June 13 to 17, at Mount Snow’s ...
College lunches take on bigger role
by Christian Lampart
Apr 04, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 105 105 recommendations | email to a friend
MARLBORO- Marlboro College’s kitchen and crew are strengthening their connection with the local community by providing senior lunches, buying from local distributers, and decreasing Marlboro Colleg...