April 10, 2008 – 12:33 pm
Near the end of Bill McKibben’s Wandering Home: A Long Walk Across America’s Most Hopeful Landscape: Vermont’s Champlain Valley and New York’s Adirondacks, the author comes across “a truly giant white pine” (119) from which hangs this hand-lettered sign:
On this site in year 1845 this pine tree, a sapling of twelve years, was transplanted by [...]
From Rutland Herald’s Beer prices rising: “In the face of a global hops shortage, many small breweries are raising prices, refiguring recipes and discontinuing certain hops-intensive products. Many of Vermont’s beer-makers said this week that they are in the same boat.”
March 27, 2008 – 01:59 pm
From The Gynie Show’s My calculations are precise.: “My boss told me it’s not very nice to read a book while people are on break with me, he said they wanna talk and all I do is read. Not acceptable. I don’t get paid for my breaks. I sign out. But according to Brad, I [...]
March 25, 2008 – 01:14 pm
From Servin’ it Up’s So Very Vermont: “In addition to the Spring Open House activities that [the] admissions folks [at Green Mountain College] have been working so hard to put together for this Saturday, [the village of] Poultney will hold its annual MapleFest. MapleFest is a statewide event honoring the sugaring tradition in Vermont, and [...]
March 12, 2008 – 12:05 pm
From Rutland Herald’s Vermont lost 2,000 jobs last year: “New labor figures for Vermont may demonstrate the first effects of the national economic slowdown and the aging of the state’s workforce. The number of people employed in the state declined by about 2,000…over the last year, and the labor force — the number of Vermonters [...]
March 11, 2008 – 01:30 pm
We’re 10 days away from the official start of spring, and I gotta tell you, I’m ready for the winter to end. I can’t for the life of me find any specific report on how much snow we’ve received this winter (and believe me, I’ve looked), but I do know that we’ve had near-record snowfall. [...]
From Alternet’s As Goes Vermont, So Goes the Nation?: “A central reason that the war hits home in Vermont is that the war touches almost everyone there. Vermont has the highest per capita death rate among U.S. service members, more than twice the rate of most other states. People feel the loss, see the suffering, [...]
From NY Time’s Live Blogging Tonights Results: “Two Vermont towns approved symbolic measures Tuesday calling for the indictment of President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney for what they consider violations of the Constitution. The measures seek to have police arrest Mr. Bush and Mr. Cheney if they ever visit Brattleboro or nearby Marlboro. Not [...]
From Ny Time’s Election Guide 2008: With 31% reporting, the NY Times calls Vermont for Sen. Obama, a count that includes Rutland County, where the Calarli family placed two votes for the winner.
February 28, 2008 – 12:40 pm
From the Rutland Herald’s Election officials say 4,000 registered to vote in month: “More than 4,000 Vermonters have registered to vote in the last month and election officials believe interest in the presidential primary is one of the main reasons why…We’ll see if the bump of 4,000 registrations translates into 4,000 more votes in the [...]
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