Columns
> OpinionBy Betty A. Little, Killington Arts Guild |
posted
May 16, 2013
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
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> BoomersBy Cindy Phillips |
posted
May 16, 2013
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
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> Opinion
posted
May 16, 2013
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
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> OpinionBy J. Herpin |
posted
May 16, 2013
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> Wine ExperimentsBy Gerd Hirschman |
posted
May 16, 2013
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
Columns
> OpinionBy Li Shen |
posted
May 16, 2013
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
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> OpinionBy Patrick Crowl and Steve Moyer, Woodstock Farmers’ Market |
posted
May 16, 2013
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
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> OpinionBy Anne Kirby |
posted
May 16, 2013
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
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> Generation YBy Brett Yates |
posted
May 8, 2013
The latest scandal in the world of literature isn't much of a
scandal, even by the standards of post-Vidal book-chat, but it has
the Arts sections of online magazines talking, and it's a little
bit interesting to me.
... full story
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> OpinionBy Nick Thomas |
posted
May 8, 2013
Each year, journalists, politicians, and celebrities gather with
the president for a few hours of fun at the White House
Correspondents' Dinner in Washington. At this year's event, held on
April 27, Conan O'Brien was the ... full story
Columns
> OpinionBy Betty A. Little, Killington Arts Guild |
posted
May 8, 2013
Middlebury Art Museum is showing photographs of quarries taken
in Vermont by Canadian Edward Burtynsky on six different trips to
the state. The exhibit and catalogue are entitled, "Nature
Transformed - Edward Burtynsky's ... full story
Columns
> Opinion By Joe Rankin |
posted
May 8, 2013
The old saw about "an apple a day" as the way to perfect health
may have been overstated, but the apple is a great food and a
nutritional bonanza.
A medium-sized apple has anywhere from 70 to 125 calories,
depending o ... full story
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> OpinionBy Marc A. Scott |
posted
May 8, 2013
Dear Editor
On Sunday April 21, Mogul's Restaurant of Killington, held their
end of the season pig roast fundraiser. Every year Robert (Sal to
his friends) Salmeri and his wife Maggie have a fun day for the
area and p ... full story
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> OpinionBy Richard Kropp |
posted
May 8, 2013
Dear Editor,
I read the Constable's letter with regards on how to protect our
homes from burglars, and break-ins (The Mountain Times, May 2-8).
Most of his precautions we all know, whether we practice these
suggestions ... full story
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> OpinionBy Megan Smith |
posted
May 8, 2013
In 1983, U.S. Congress passed a joint resolution establishing
National Travel and Tourism Week (NTTW). In support, President
Ronald Reagan signed a Presidential Proclamation urging citizens to
observe the week with "the ... full story
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> OpinionBy Nick Thomas |
posted
May 2, 2013
Families are frequently faced with a dilemma: What to do with
pets while out of town on vacation?
Let's face it, sometimes you just don't feel comfortable
imposing on a neighbor to take care of your pets. As for family ... full story
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> BoomersBy Cindy Phillips |
posted
May 2, 2013
Reflections on an age, 'normal' life-circumstances and a
changing time?
"Hey, 19
No we got nothing in common
No we can't talk at all
Please take me along
When you slide on down"
Recorded by Steely Dan and w ... full story
Columns
> OpinionBy Betty A. Little, Killington Arts Guild |
posted
May 2, 2013
Among the barns, cows and rolling hills of Pennsylvania I found
Heide Kwestel von Borgwardt, artist and teacher, in her Art Barn -
the classroom, gallery, studio and her home. Class was in session.
Each student has their ... full story
Columns
> OpinionBy Andrew Nemethy |
posted
May 2, 2013
Moving a business is never easy. Moving it twice is in the realm
of daunting, if not foolhardy. Moving it when your inventory is not
on a shelf or in a warehouse but rooted deep in the ground is,
well, a laborious form o ... full story
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> OpinionBy Whit Montgomery |
posted
May 2, 2013
Dear Editor,
As we transition from the winter to summer months we, as law
enforcement, would like to remind you of important pointers
regarding property break-ins and burglaries. There has been an
increase in reported ... full story
