By Jim Kenyon
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Although the sun doesn’t officially set on Vermont’s 2012 rifle season until late this afternoon, I can predict with a fair amount of confidence that I won’t be among the 6,000 or so hunters who have shot a buck during the last 16 days. With a full day of hunting to go, I’m not being pessimistic. Just realistic. I tagged my last buck (and, by the way, my only deer) 39 years ago. While I was sitting on a stonewall, overlooking a bank of hardwoods,
By Jim Kenyon
Valley News Staff Writer
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Fred Beebee washes dishes at the Woodstock Inn and Sarah Peters volunteers at a day care center in Claremont. In their off time, you might find them kayaking, snowshoeing or rehearsing for an upcoming musical together. What are the chances that Beebee and Peters, who are developmentally disabled and live at opposite ends of the Upper Valley, would have an opportunity to strike up a friendship? Until a half dozen or so years ago, the odds probably weren’t good. Then Zack’s Place in downtown Woodstock
By Jim Kenyon
Valley News Staff Writer
Thursday, November 15, 2012
It’s bad enough when a hard-working, longtime employee gets thrown under the bus by his bosses. It’s even worse when the guy getting tossed is the bus driver himself. Chris Reed, 51, has been a school bus driver for nearly 20 years, the last dozen or so in Lebanon. On Oct. 24, Reed was behind the wheel when the Lebanon High School field hockey team headed out on a two-hour drive to Exeter for the state semifinals. After getting onto Interstate 89 south, one of
By Jim Kenyon
Valley News Staff Writer
Thursday, November 15, 2012
Lenore Broughton has never held political office in Vermont or, for that matter, even been a candidate. Still she’s emerged this fall as one of the most powerful people in state politics. Money really does talk. Since August, Broughton has contributed $682,500 to a super PAC called Vermonters First, according to state campaign finance reports. Vermonters First, which has a distinct Republican bent, is well on its way to becoming the most deep-pocketed political action committee ever seen in the state, the Burlington Free Press
