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Rare books: far more than paper and ink We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss By Stephen Crafti Normal text size Advertisement When rockstar and poet Patti Smith first moved to New York in the late 1960s she worked as a waitress. She also boosted her income by discovering rare books, many of which were on-sold to help establish her artistic career. At about the same time, Kay Craddock, owner of Kay Craddock-Antiquarian Bookseller, established a fa...

ET Panache NEWS Powered by Lawyers think robber who planned the heist to loot Kim Kardashian in Paris wont benefit from memoir SECTIONS Lawyers think robber who planned the heist to loot Kim Kardashian in Paris wont benefit from memoirAFP Last Updated: Feb 13, 2021, 05:55 PM IST Share Synopsis Yunice Abbas is currently awaiting trial for the robbery of TV reality star in Paris four years ago. Getty Images In his book, Yunice Abbas gives the details of what h...

4:18 On Town Meeting Day March 2nd, Burlington, Vermont voters will select who they want to lead the city for the next three years. The candidates for mayor have participated in a series of debates focused on policing, public safety, housing and downtown development. Mayor Miro Weinberger is a Democrat seeking a fourth three-year term. Six candidates are challenging him including City Council President Progressive Max Tracy and Ward 7 Independent City Councilor Ali Dieng. Town Meeting TV has be...

Matt Neckers with his Vermont Studio Center installation 1. Piece by Piece Sculpture, photography, painting and installation are all in Northern Vermont artist Matt Neckers wheelhouse. For his current exhibition at the Red Mill Gallery at Vermont Studio Center in Johnson, Neckers mounted hundreds of pieces of moveable, magnetic art on sheets of painted steel. "Cataclysm: Familiar Robots & Their Animal Kindred" also features a variety of mixed-media sc...

4:10 Burlington, Vermont voters will choose a mayor on Town Meeting Day March 2nd. Several of the candidates gathered recently for another forum. Late last week the Vermont Institute of Community and International Involvement, the Association of Africans Living in Vermont and the Caroline Fund hosted a forum with four of the five candidates seeking the Burlington mayoral seat.  Participating in the virtual forum were third-term Democratic Mayor Miro Weinberger, Progressive City Council Preside...

Charles W. Johnson, alongside a merry coterie of farmers, loggers, shepherds, orchardists, botanists, geologists and beekeepers. Collectively, the book articulates a perception of our state not as a scenic landscape seen from afar, but as a constellation of particular locales where Vermonters wholly and daily involve themselves in subsistence and creation amid plants, animals and the elemental forces of earth, air, water and fire. The chapters follow the cycle of a year from October through the...

By Bob Hertzel | For The Times West Virginian Jan 9, 2021 1 of 2 In this Sept. 14, 2019 photo, West Virginia defensive lineman Darius Stills (56) moves in on a North Carolina State player during a game in Morgantown. AP FILE PHOTO West Virginia defensive tackle Darius Stills (56) is shown during an NCAA college football game against Texas Tech on Oct. 24, 2020 in Lubbock, Texas. AP FILE PHOTO MORGANTOWN — It was a simpler time — television was still...

We need the COVID jab now January 2, 2021 — 12.05am Normal text size Advertisement If Britain, America, Canada, Israel, Chile, Belgium, Argentina and many other countries are already rolling out vaccines for COVID-19, why is Australia sitting back and waiting (‘‘New entrant in vaccination race’’, January 1)? When are we going to see some proactive approaches implemented by our national cabinet and scrap leaving it all to individual state governments to deal with? It’s more than time...

STOCKBRIDGE — In a move intended to protect residential areas from late-night music and noise, the Select Board has reinstated its policy of limiting annual entertainment licenses to an 11 p.m. curfew. But, for weddings, late-running theater productions or special events, board Chairman Ernest “Chuckie” Cardillo encouraged destinations like Tanglewood, the Berkshire Theatre Festival and the Wheatleigh resort to apply for special licenses allowing extended hours, when needed. He i...

Letters Readers on the latest panic decision by the government to put the capital into tier 4 measures barely a week before Christmas St Pancras station in London after tier 4 measures were announced. ‘The latest decision has generated a super-spreading event at transport hubs,’ writes Philip Barber. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA St Pancras station in London after tier 4 measures were announced. ‘The latest decision has generated a super-spreading event at transport hubs,’ writes Phili...