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As experts grapple with the future of transportation in America, one thing has become generally accepted: rail will play a large role. Once considered obsolete due to the rise of trucking, those old rights-of-way with their ribbons of steel are gaining new respect. The environmental and commercial benefits are many, […]

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In 2009 the Vermont Symphony Orchestra (VSO) will celebrate its 75th anniversary. The oldest symphony in the country to receive legislative funding began in 1934-35 at a time when the country was recovering from the Great Depression.

The symphony was the brainchild of Alan Carter, a talented violinist who, upon returning from a European concert […]

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When Essex Rescue volunteer Dan Manz was called out to the August 2006 Essex school shooting, the ambulance radio was abuzz with confusion. “There were victims at the school,” he recalls, “then one fatality in a residential neighborhood, then another person shot and we had a report of an injury on another person who turned […]

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The term “slow food” has been very much in vogue recently. Slow food is the opposite of the fast, convenient foods our busy lifestyles demand much of the time. It sounds impressive and trendy, but actually slow food is just real old fashioned cooking. Slow food takes time to prepare but the results can’t be […]

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In many parts of Vermont, saying something bad about the railroad is akin to criticizing cows for damaging the landscape, or inferring Ben and Jerry make bad ice cream. It is something that just isn’t done.

The reality is though, no matter how romantic it might be, the day of […]

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