This week’s Young Writers Project entry is “January Silence” by Elise Cournoyer, 13, of Richmond. Artwork is “Ice Castles” by Amelia Van Driesche, 16, of Burlington.
Young Writers Project: January silence
Category: People & Places
Vermont Conversation: Food, love and mental illness
What Erika Nichols-Frazer guarded as her deeply private struggle is actually common.
Mikaela Shiffrin breaks Lindsey Vonn’s World Cup win record
Shiffrin told NBC Sports, “This number 83, it was almost completely out of my mind today… I guess it’s very fitting that it would come in the moment when I actually am thinking about it the least and don’t expect it at all.”
Then Again: Years of research reveal details of bomber crash on Camel’s Hump
Brian Lindner was 11 when he spotted the wreckage. It became a life’s calling. “I was just fascinated by it,” he recalls.
Young Writers Project: Dreamscape
This week’s Young Writers Project entry is “Dreamscape” by Piper Leibon, 15, of Thetford. Artwork is “Ice Magic Pt. II” by Amelia Van Driesche, 16, of Burlington.
The Deeper Dig: Noah Kahan on ‘existing in a place that you've just written about’
Noah Kahan remembers getting excited when a song he put on SoundCloud hit a thousand plays. Now, his songs have been streamed more than a billion times.
Elmore Store operators to step down after a year on the job
Michael Stanley and Kate Gluckman, who started running the store in late 2021, said in a Facebook post they decided to step down because, among other factors, they haven’t been able to grow the business the way they wanted to in the store’s aging building.
Flat tire spike in Thetford blamed on sharp rocks meant to mitigate mud season
According to the town manager, road crews began using larger stones to repair roads after last year’s awful mud season. After a dozen residents complained of flat tires, the town will switch back to its old methods.
David Goodman’s ‘Vermont Conversation’ turns 10
The weekly public affairs radio program and podcast is sponsored by VTDigger and airs on WDEV.
Former Vermont Supreme Court Justice James Morse dies at 82
Morse served as a trial court judge from 1981 to 1988 and an associate justice for the Vermont Supreme Court from 1988 to 2003.
