This year over 17,000 workers will retire from Vermont’s labor force and approximately 5,300 students will graduate from Vermont high schools. Many of those high school graduates will leave Vermont for college and stay for opportunities outside of Vermont; in fact Vermont measures dead last in the country for retention[Read More…]
Greensboro
Update on Redistricting Task Force
GLOVER – Thank you to those of you who attended the September Legislative Coffee Hour at the Highland Center for the Arts today, and a big thank you to HCA for that delicious apple tart. For those of you who could not make it, I shared this update about the[Read More…]
Listening for the sounds of silence
GREENSBORO – The philosopher Nietzsche famously had a fictional character declare that “God is dead.” That was, to be sure, a metaphorical statement, and one that was meant to be predictive of things to come. (Traditional religion was still prevalent when Nietzsche wrote in the 1880s.) We might think of[Read More…]
Final harvest at community garden, put gardens to bed, Oct. 4
GREENSBORO – The final harvest of the season from the Greensboro Community Garden yielded 11.6 lbs of produce that was delivered to the Hardwick Area Food Pantry. Community members may join others of the community in the garden Saturday, Oct. 4, at 9 am, to help put the gardens to[Read More…]
Team of five shoot 11-under-par 59 to claim Mayor’s Cup
GREENSBORO – With a record crowd on hand and record warmth greeting them, the Tuesday Night League at Mountain View Country Club capped its season on Sunday with the annual battle for the Mayor’s Cup. The end-of-the-season championship is named in honor of Richard Brochu, whose nickname was “The Mayor.”[Read More…]
Anniversary of signing U.S. Constitution celebrated at GUCC
GREENSBORO – Community members pulled the rope hanging from the Greensboro United Church of Christ (GUCC) bell tower to ring the church bell, much as the church bells of Philadelphia rang out when the U.S. Constitution was first signed 238 years ago, at 4 p.m. on September 17, 1787. They[Read More…]
Despair does not have the final word
GREENSBORO – Danish priest Henry Nouwen once said, “the resurrection is God’s way of saying that despair is never the final word.” That is a comforting, even empowering thought, if you believe in the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Christians profess to believe in it. Their worship on Easter Sunday is[Read More…]
Caspian beach community forum, Sept. 25
GREENSBORO – Thursday, September 25, 6:30 to 8 p.m., the Orleans County Natural Resources Conservation District (OCNRCD) is holding a community forum on a Caspian Public Beach Clean Water Project, at Highland Center for the Arts. In May, OCNRCD was awarded a Vermont State grant to continue work on a[Read More…]
Vermont Philharmonic opens season with “Jupiter,” “Planets,” Oct. 18, 19
GREENSBORO – The Vermont Philharmonic opens their season with a concert that includes Mozart’s “Jupiter Symphony” and Gustav Holst’s “The Planets.” Concerts are Saturday, Oct. 18, at 4 p.m., at the Highland Center for the Arts and Sunday, Oct. 19, at 2 p.m., at the Barre Opera House. Music Director Lou Kosma has been[Read More…]
Redistricting forum favors supervisory union
GREENSBORO – A hour-long meeting advertised to look at the future of the Mountain View Union Elementary School District (MVU) under Act 73, Sept. 11, focusing on two key questions: Should MVU remain within a Supervisory Union (SU), or would it be better to join a single-district model with one[Read More…]
Swamped Boat in Caspian Lake
Editor’s note: An earlier version of the captions accompanying two photos spelled John Schweizer’s name incorrectly.
