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Shelburne Museum creates a curatorship for Native American art

By Maggie Reynolds

Jan 31 2023, 6:30 PMJanuary 31, 2023

The curatorship is an effort to add more cultural diversity and representation of Indigenous art in the museum’s collections, according to museum officials.


Bill Schubart: Earning the Gravel Slalom and Roads Scholarship

By Bill Schubart

Jan 31 2023January 30, 2023

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.


Young Writers Project: January silence

By VTD Editor

Jan 29 2023January 29, 2023

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.


Vermont Conversation: Food, love and mental illness

By David Goodman

Jan 25 2023January 25, 2023

What Erika Nichols-Frazer guarded as her deeply private struggle is actually common.


Mikaela Shiffrin breaks Lindsey Vonn’s World Cup win record

By Taylor Slonaker

Jan 24 2023January 24, 2023

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

By Mark Bushnell

Jan 22 2023January 24, 2023

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

By VTD Editor

Jan 22 2023January 19, 2023

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’

By Riley Robinson

Jan 20 2023January 20, 2023

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

By Shaun Robinson

Jan 20 2023January 20, 2023

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

By Ethan Weinstein

Jan 19 2023January 18, 2023

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.


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