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How do you build on the experience of a dance performance presented on platforms floating on the water that fills one of Vermont’s oldest and deepest granite quarries to become

CALAIS — It’s about dam time in Calais, where the historic hand-laid stone dam that created Curtis Pond nearly 125 years ago is on the verge of getting the long-term

Headlines from Douglas County's past.

To sum up my 18 years writing about music for The Times Argus and Rutland Herald, I’d say Vermont is a very nurturing and giving state for musicians of all

Eleanor Ott had a genius for bringing people together. In the book-lined dining room of her 19th-century farmhouse in Maple Corner, she ran an eclectic backwoods salon, hosting women's discussion groups and rune feasts to fête the solstices. At her table, you might find yourself elbow-to-elbow with a close friend of the crown prince of England, a psychic healer from Iceland, or a photographer who had documented the Civil Rights movement.

When I left my home in Waterbury Center to report on Vermont's fast-rising floodwaters, I fully expected to return to my family that evening. The Winooski River wasn't supposed to crest until late Monday night or early Tuesday morning. I thought I could document flooding in the Capital City without getting swept up in it.

Most Vermont athletes are extraordinarily lucky if they have the opportunity to compete for a coveted state championship this time of the year.

Eleanor K. Ott MAPLE CORNER — To Eleanor Ott, bringing people together was as natural as breathing. As a teacher, writer, poet, artist, and general instigator of shenanigans, she connected

Teacher, poet and artist never stopped dreaming, imagining and connecting others

Workers from Washington Electric Co-op remove a damaged utility pole Tuesday outside Fairmont Farm in East Montpelier. A delivery truck from Poulin Grains snagged transmission and utility wires when leaving