The
demand for locally grown food has challenged farmers in the Northeast to find
ways of providing produce year-round. And customers are investing in those
efforts by paying in advance for weekly shares of winter greens, eggs, root
vegetables and more.
One of Vermont’s newest chamber music groups is Burlington Ensemble, a group of performers with a unique outlook on community involvement. We’ll hear from some of them this afternoon in advance of their concert this Saturday evening.
Barre Montpelier Times Argus and Rutland Herald arts editor Jim Lowe says the demise of the Vermont Mozart Festival is the result of a number of internal and external factors.
A series of Washington Post article co-authored by Vermont based journalist William Arkin points to the massive growth of intelligence gathering and an accompanying lack of oversight.
Vermont-based Washington Post writer William Arkin has been investigating the growth of the nation’s intelligence and security network since 9/11. A series of articles co-authored by Arkin documents its inefficiency, secrecy and redundancy.
As he anticipates the start of a new year, commentator John Killacky, Executive Director of Flynn Center for the Performing Arts in Burlington, is thinking about the challenge – and excitement – of learning new skills.
With members of the Vermont Army National Guard back
from deployment to Afghanistan, they’re no doubt looking forward to the
comforts of home. For some of them, their Vermont training facilities
may soon be more inviting as well.