BURLINGTON, VT – Ahead of Monday’s total solar eclipse, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, shared eye safety tips from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Northern Vermont will be one of the best places in the nation to see the total[Read More…]
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The Sun Is In Your Eyes
In the run-up to Monday’s total eclipse of the sun, almost all of us have heard warnings not to look at the sun without special dark glasses made especially for viewing it. We’ve probably also heard that it’s okay to look at the fully eclipsed sun during totality. Why is[Read More…]
Neonicotinoid Ban Moves One Step Closer to Becoming Law
VERMONT — On March 22, the Vermont House passed H.706, an act relating to the use of neonicotinoid pesticides. It now moves on to be considered by the Vermont Senate. Rep. Chip Troiano, (Hardwick, Stannard, Walden), who is a co-sponsor and voted in favor of the bill said, “in 2018[Read More…]
Dueling Eateries Pop Up On Main Street
CABOT – The town hosted dueling restaurant debuts last month with the reopening of Headwaters Restaurant and Pub and the pop-up launch of Stag & Thistle across the street. The simultaneous eatery openings on Friday, March 22, set up something of a competition on Cabot’s Main Street. Shane and Ruby Baker,[Read More…]
Cooperation Vermont Plans a Future for Goddard Campus
PLAINFIELD – Since Goddard College announced in January that they were suspending residency programs and moving to an online only model, at least temporarily, several proposals to use the campus have emerged. The Cooperative College Collaborative, “a group of stakeholders from Goddard College – including leadership from the faculty union,[Read More…]
Viewing Guide to the Total Solar Eclipse on April 8, 2024
NORTHEAST KINGDOM – “On April 8, at 2:14 p.m., a partial solar eclipse will begin, and at 3:26 p.m., a total eclipse will darken Vermont’s daytime sky, lasting about three minutes. The phenomenon will continue as a partial eclipse until 4:37 p.m.,” says a Vermont State website that continues, “Vermont[Read More…]
Visions of Totality: Area Artists Share Eclipse Perspectives
GREENSBORO – While other publications and media outlets are bringing you science to explain the total eclipse of the sun on April 8, the Gazette is choosing to share the perspective of artists living in the towns we cover. These works, at Greensboro’s Highland Center for the Arts, are a[Read More…]
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Lamoille Health Partners to pay $540,000 Following Ransomware Attack
MORRISTOWN – Lamoille Health Partners (LHP) has agreed to pay $540,000 to resolve claims that it failed to prevent a 2022 data breach. Lamoille Health Partners is a health program system that provides services to Lamoille County. The company hasn’t admitted wrongdoing but agreed to the settlement to resolve the[Read More…]