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WWII medal mystery: from Mass. framing store to Vt. cemetery
The perseverance of a complete stranger made it possible for a purple heart and bronze star to be returned to the family of a World War II hero. This saga takes us from a framing shop in an Ashland, Massachusetts, strip mall to a cemetery in Vermont. Don Gordon, of...
Vermont Conversation: Stop panicking and fight, Stuart Stevens tells Democrats
"Is Joe Biden up to being president? I find it sort of an absurd question because he is president,” Stevens said. “And he's probably the most successful first term president since World War Two.” Read the story on VTDigger here: Vermont Conversation: Stop panicking and fight, Stuart Stevens tells Democrats.
White River Junction celebrates the opening of 42 affordable apartments
New apartments help address workforce housing challenges in Upper Valley. On Wednesday, June 26, the White River Junction community celebrated the official grand opening of 42 new affordable apartments downtown with a ribbon cutting and an apartment tour. The apartments, named Riverwalk Apartments, were developed by DEW Braverman with an agreement to sell the building to Twin Pines Housing and Evernorth who will ensure the apartments will remain affordable forever.
"Hedgehog of the Americas": Vermont designates state mushroom
Gov. Phil Scott has signed many bills into law this year, but none so fungi-friendly as H.664, which establishes Hericium Americanum – better known as bear’s head tooth – as Vermont’s state mushroom. The white, spiny mushroom was recommended to lawmakers by students from two southern...
Brattleboro and VT COVID-19 Regional Dashboard Summary – July 2024
Here’s the July 2024 dashboard summary. We continue semi-regular COVID-19 dashboard numbers from the Vermont Department of Health, and MA and NH counties that surround Brattleboro, as long as they continue providing them. Scroll down the new comments for the latest. VT, NH and MA do weekly updates, near...
Tim de la Bruere: Abenaki people were excluded from the state recognition process. I was one of them.
In this way did Vermont’s Legislature, advised and guided by self-proclaimed “Abenaki” and their defenders, take it upon themselves to decide who is Indigenous. Read the story on VTDigger here: Tim de la Bruere: Abenaki people were excluded from the state recognition process. I was one of them..
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