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Isaiah Kol, of Post Mills,  7, walks with his dad, Josh Kol and baby brother Judah Kol (in the stroller), during the Open Fields Medieval Festival in Thetford yesterday. (Valley News - Libby March)

Wet Weather Dampens Weekend Festivities

Sunday, May 26, 2013

Thetford — Under one of many tents on the Thetford green, a procession of children and adults circled a table, systematically lowering a wick into a can of hot wax, forming candles layer by layer. “Down; up,” said Jennifer Manwell, who was running the station, to a nascent candle maker. “Let it drip.” Rain dropped just outside, catching on all …

Letter: A Failed Strategy at Dartmouth

Friday, May 17, 2013

To the Editor: Dartmouth College’s recent actions on sexual assaults, gender discrimination and homophobia follow a longstanding strategy: See evil, hear evil, speak evil, but don’t actually do anything about it. It is doomed again to failure. We have long read about the usual suspects gathering, speaking out, declaiming on Dartmouth’s need to face up to these issues. Those demanding action — such …

Letter: A Particularly Malicious Column

Friday, May 17, 2013

To the Editor: I’ve come to expect a healthy dose of self-loathing in Jim Kenyon’s columns. After all, living in one of Vermont’s most affluent towns and sending his kids to well-funded schools is obviously something that he needs to atone for. And what better way to demonstrate that he is not one of those Norwichites than by constantly writing about how awful …