By Jonathan Dowds Editor’s note: Jonathan Dowds is the deputy director of Renewable Energy Vermont. New Hampshire households are about to get hit hard, really hard, by rate hikes that will increase electricity bills by more than $70 a month. […]
Tag: Texas
Opinion
We are on the clock until another murderous rampage at a school
By Joe Resteghini Editor’s note: Resteghini is the principal of Champlain Elementary School in Burlington. He lives in Colchester. In 2019, after a white supremacist racist killed 51 people with an assault rifle, New Zealand put a policy in place to […]
Mountain Meditation
On which side of history do you stand?
By Marguerite Jill Dye Butterflies danced among blackberry bushes, reminding me of the butterfly effect used by shamans worldwide to transport themselves to other places as a healing tool. Robins passed by with nest-building materials and a hummingbird perched above […]
Arts, Dining & Entertainment
Summer cooking: Texas brisket, Green Mountain style
By Daryle Thomas There was a time when Texas beef lived and died in Texas. That concept pretty much ended in the 60s when almost all beef grown in Texas was sent up north to the feed lots to be […]
Local News, News Briefs
Cobra gymnasts visit Olympic Training Center in Texas
On Sunday, June 5, Shelby Collett, owner and head team coach for Cobra Gymnastics & Dance Center and Aaron Snook, team coach, returned from the Olympic Training Center in Texas with six of their gymnasts: McKenna Greene, Charlotte Swenor, Mia […]
Local News
Where’s America moving?
Courtesy of United Van Lines A map shows state-to-state migration patterns in 2015, according to the 39th annual National Movers Study. Oregon top destination of 2015, Vermont number 3 Vermont moved up to third in the nation and tops in […]
Column
A Vermonter’s ode to Texas
By Brady Crain I won’t go so far as to say you get a bad rap, Texas. You are the purveyor and exporter of so many things that I neither care about nor need. Football, exceptionalism to excess (exceptionalism that […]