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  • Poetry as art

    Columns  > Opinion

    The Killington Arts Guild poets meet two times a year for the "Gather of Poets" in April and October in the Sherburne Memoir Library on River Road. Whether there are 20 or eight, the group gathers to read poetry - things the ... full story

  • How many women does it take to change a light bulb?

    Columns  > Boomers

    Answer: Only one; so long as she can bat her eyes and smile while asking a man to do it. Now, before you get your Victoria Secret panties or fishnet stockings in a wad, it is a joke. Times have changed and "we've come a lo ... full story

  • A sincere thanks to Killington First Responders

    Columns  > Opinion

    Dear Editor, We would like to express our thanks to the First Responders of the Killington Fire and Rescue Squad. Last week when we called for an ambulance, it was the First Responders who came to our aid and directed the a ... full story

  • Wee the People: Smoking

    Columns  > Opinion

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  • A wine experts answers common questions

    Columns  > Wine Experiments

    Does wine age well? How long does it last? Does it get better with age? Those are the questions most asked at wine tastings. It may seem that they are all the same questions when, in fact, each needs a different answer. Win ... full story

  • The Outside Story: Secret weapons hiding in plain sight

    Columns  > Opinion

    In the natural world predation is relentless, and evading predators strongly favors the evolution of camouflage colors in animals. How contradictory then, for small, defenseless creatures - like red efts and monarch butterfl ... full story

  • Volunteers help Pine Hill Park ready for spring and summer fun

    Local News

    RUTLAND - Pine Hill Park offers outdoor recreation to Rutland residents and visitors every day of the year, but the park is especially beautiful and inviting in the spring. The mountain bike shop is now open inside the Giorg ... full story

  • Trio of GMC tennis players earn All-Conference Honors

    Local News

    POULTNEY - The North Atlantic Conference (NAC) East released its All-Conference selections Friday.  Three Green Mountain tennis players were honored: Freshman Connor Braden highlighted the Eagle contingent with three aw ... full story

  • Unemployment insurance tax is punitive to those who suffered the most

    Columns  > Opinion

    You may or may not be familiar with HR.169 and S.90, a house and senate bill regarding Unemployment Insurance tax increases that businesses are now responsible for after the Irene flooding in 2011. It is important becau ... full story

  • Neighbors concerned about the rash of robberies

    Columns  > Opinion

    Dear Editor, There has been a series of robberies on River Road. My neighbor shared with me some of the details after her break in this winter. Along with numerous belongings that were taken, a woman's foot prints were fou ... full story

  • College of St. Joseph graduated 78, Sunday

    Features

    RUTLAND - The College of St. Joseph was honored to grant degrees to 78 graduates on May 12 at the college's 54th commencement. CSJ President Richard Lloyd conferred degrees upon the graduates. Commencement speaker William S ... full story

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