Barbara Lee Smela

She lived a full life that can be summed up with a quote from Pablo Neruda, a poet she long favored: “He who does not travel, who does not read, who does not listen to music, who does not find grace in himself, she who does not find grace in herself, dies slowly.”   Read more

Allan N. Mackey

Allan had a relentlessly positive attitude and valued laughter and love above all else.   Read more

Lorraine Maybelle Walker

She loved spending time with her five grandchildren and six great-grandchildren who knew her as "Nanna."   Read more

Education

Vermont state officials want to strengthen school safety procedures 

Legislation proposed by the Vermont Agency of Education would mandate drills twice a year and require schools to lock all exterior doors during the day.

People & Places

Bill Schubart: Earning the Gravel Slalom and Roads Scholarship

Flatlanders are often deceived by the idea that driving at very high speed means the wheels don’t have time to actually penetrate potholes. They learn fast when a costly MacPherson strut rockets through the leather upholstery in the rear seat.

Politics

House committee advances spending bill extending emergency housing through June

The powerful budget-writing House Appropriations Committee has endorsed a $21 million plan that would give the 2,800 Vermonters living in motels a three-month reprieve from being kicked out at the end of March.