Features

Named to trustees' list

BURLINGTON - The following students have been named to the Champlain College Trustees’ List for the fall 2023 semester:
Zachary Condon, of Whitingham
Janelle Fisher, of Whitingham
Students on the trustees’ list have achieved a 4.0 grade point average for two or more...

Grace Cottage Hospital awarded best place to work

TOWNSHEND – For the second year in a row, Grace Cottage Family Health & Hospital has been named one of Vermont’s “Best Places to Work” by the Vermont Business Magazine.
The award, given each year by Vermont Business Magazine and the Vermont Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with the...

Applicants sought for climate change program

VERMONT - The Vermont Council on Rural Development is seeking applicants for the fifth climate catalysts leadership program. During the past four years, climate catalysts have worked to implement projects such as building a countywide farmer climate network; establishing communitywide...

Studio school enrolling for spring

MARLBORO - The Marlboro Studio School is enrolling for its third term of studio classes beginning this April on the 500-plus-acre Potash Hill campus on South Road. Spring 2024 course offerings include weeklong workshops and multi-week studio classes. The Marlboro Studio School began offering...

Grant opportunities for local organizations

BRATTLEBORO - Funding is now available for Vermont organizations in the Brattleboro area through the Crosby-Gannett Fund grant program at the Vermont Community Foundation.
The purpose of the Crosby-Gannett Fund is to support endeavors that contribute to the betterment and vitality of the...

Aging in Place: People with a very high emotional quotient are the true gift to the senior community

What role does emotional intelligence play in the process of aging well? Since I am living right in the middle of a pool of research subjects in this facility, I have but to look around for answers.
Back in the 1990s, psychologist Daniel Goleman wrote the seminal book on the subject of EQ...

Thirty years ago the Dover Town Hall was slated to undergo some major renovations. File photo

This Week in History: April 4 - 11

10 years ago:
The chair and vice chair of the Wilmington Development Review Board resigned after selectboard members moved to reappoint the vice chair as a DRB alternate. Two selectboard members said their decision was based on concerns that the vice chair was out of town for three months...

Sugarers asked to look out for pest

By Ginger Nickerson
UVM Extension
VERMONT - When working in their sugarbush, maple producers are encouraged to be on the lookout for signs of the Asian longhorned beetle (ALB). This wood-boring insect, native to southeast Asia, will kill many hardwood trees....

Lilies, tulips popular flowers for Easter, spring

By Deborah J. Benoit
UVM Extension master gardener
VERMONT - It’s no surprise that the Easter lily (Lilium longiflorum) is the most popular floral gift for Easter giving, but contrary to its name, it isn’t a spring-blooming flower.
When grown outdoors,...

Honors list

POMFRET, CT - Sam Power, of Peru, VT from the class of 2026, was named to the winter 2023-2024 honors list at Pomfret School. To achieve this level of distinction, Sam earned a grade point average of at least 3.330 and received no grade lower than a B.