Friday, March 29, 2013
Families are complicated. So said Jane Austen and Leo Tolstoy, and so say Jodi Picoult and Jonathan Franzen and Anne Tyler and almost every other writer under the sun. But while the evasions and repressions in Susan Gillotti’s …
Friday, March 29, 2013
Paula Libercent, of Norwich, concentrates as she uses a router to practice edging on a scrap of wood at Oyster Dock Workshop in Norwich yesterday. Owner Hap Johnson, of Thetford Center, had given Libercent a lesson on how …
Thursday, March 28, 2013
Norwich — The Selectboard has decided to build a new 180-foot communications tower, for municipal purposes only, without the help of a private firm. Last night’s action marks a course reversal for Town Manager Neil Fulton, who last summer negotiated with Springfield, Vt.-based broadband provider VTel to build …
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Hanover — A carcinogenic contaminant that has long been known to be under the ground at CRREL could be seeping across the street and toward Richmond Middle School. Parents and staff at the middle school were notified yesterday …
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Emma Sablan, 10, of Norwich, sprints across the Norwich Green in front of Marion Cross School to a colored cone that corresponds with writing on her index card while participating in an activity during a spring session of …
Friday, May 17, 2013
To the Editor: A recent letter to Sen. John Campbell, the president pro tempore of the Vermont Senate, asking that he consider voting against Vermont S.30, a bill that would block wind power in Vermont, prompted the following response from an intern, who was writing on his behalf: …
Monday, March 25, 2013
I met three wise men the other day. Well, actually, three wise young men. But age really doesn’t matter. Young or old, what matters most is what you do with your life. And these three young guys are …
Sunday, March 24, 2013
Norwich — Pancakes sizzled on the stove. An older Boy Scout chatted with a volunteer about his college plans. Paper plates, piled high with classic breakfast food, sat atop picnic-style tablecloths. In its sights, its smells and its …
Saturday, March 23, 2013
Thetford — They’re home to everything from civic debate to offers of piles free stuff. How much does it cost to run the recycling center on Route 113? Why do you oppose the VTel Tower? I found a dead porcupine. Does anybody want it? They’re the listservs, the …
Saturday, March 23, 2013
Enfield — Roller derby’s popularity stems — at least partially — from character themes and spectacle. While the Upper Valley Vixens don’t shy away from those aspects, athleticism is just as much a part of what draws them …
Maggie Cassidy
By Don's Early Light
