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Memorial Day was conceived to honor the fallen. During World War II, 1,233 Vermonters gave their lives in service to their country. Can we understand...
The Champlain Trio, from left: Letitia Quante, Emily Taubl and Hiromi Fukuda Six pandemic-endangered performance venues are the settings for "Empty Stages: Performances and Stories of Resilience," a mini-documentary series created earlier this year by Vermont filmmaker Jay Craven. The riveting performers on those stages are the members of the Champlain Trio, a year-old Vermont chamber group. In one moment that occurs in the final episode, pianist Hiromi Fukuda, seen in profile, cuts a glance toward cellist Emily Taubl and violinist Letitia Quante...
And of course, now it's gone again. "Wouldn't it be great if we got sugaring weather again, but the season's already done," Hope said. Not so sweet sap Adding to sugar maker's woes, sugar content in the sap that did flow was lower than usual this year. "Mother Nature sometimes works and sometimes doesn't," Hope said. "What I'm hearing is the average sugar content in sap is 2%. People were running much lower than that for a portion of the time." That meant it took more than the usual 40 gallons of sap to make one gallon of maple syrup. "You're still doing all the work you're just not getting t...
Mar 03, 2021 By Gary Blankenship Senior Editor News in Photos Judge Phil Padovano at the wheel of Bella Figura. Bella Figura literally translates from Italian to “good figure.” But as a common saying, explains retired First District Court of Appeal Judge Philip Padovano, it means much more. “It’s an Italian expression for how you should live your life,” he explained. “Italians have this t...
Michael Tonn More than 1.6 million people worldwide have died of COVID-19 so far this year; more than 300,000 of them were in the United States, and 100 were in Vermont. The coronavirus pandemic continues to wreak havoc on the U.S. economy. It's driving up rates of depression, anxiety and overdose deaths, and causing record numbers of parents, mostly women, to leave the workforce to care for their kids. And the pandemic has isolated us from friends and family when we need them the most. All of th...