Dean of the legal community recounts 50 years of practice in paradise
Controversy draws Peter Langrock to a legal case the way the right fly draws a trout to the hook in a rushing stream. (Fly-fishing is one of his many passions.) “If you never take anything but the slam-dunk cases, it’s not challenging,” he says with a shrug.
Digger dirt: Reporters are cops on the right-to-know beat
Reporters are obliged to call public officials on infringements of the law; no one else, Cuillier says, is standing up for citizens when state and local officials refuse to comply. VIDEO
The global volcanic feedback loop
If researchers are right about the impact of glacier melt and rising seas, volcanic and earthquake activity will accelerate. We are in for a hell of a ride.
Godsell: The deification of Google
Googod: “I say unto you, you CAN make money without doing evil! Our quest is a noble one and not for profit.” Humor essay by Barbara Ann Curcio.
2010 Census returns by Vermont town
The top three responding communities are Ira, Wallingford, and Shelburne; those with the lowest return rate are Westmore, Maidstone and Plymouth.
Vermont architecture: The get-lost effect gets recognized
What’s modest about a house that, with its adjoining and newly built barn, has almost 10,000 square feet of space and occupies a 210-acre parcel of land?
Johnson Select Board backs co-op feasibility study
The plan calls for the creation of a working farm, a community kitchen, a bakery, a butcher shop, a food shelf, community space and a Co-op market.
In Profile: Sen. Susan Bartlett, the underdog once again — this time in the race for governor
The politics of Lamoille County were “very, very Republican” when she mounted a campaign for then-Sen. John Farmer’s vacant seat in 1992.
Wrazen files labor grievance against Johnson State College; professor says he didn’t neglect animal lab
The professor of environmental and health sciences was dismissed in late January; he had worked at the Johnson State College for 28 years.
The People Behind the Parties: Erik Mason, executive director of the Vermont Republican Party
Mason has his eye on Senate and House seats in Rutland, Franklin, Orange and Caledonia counties, which tend to trend conservative.
