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Police still probing reason for drownings

By VPR | April 15, 2008

Police are still trying to figure out why 40-year-old Nicole Waring of Wolcott avoided a would-be rescuer and plunged into the Wardsboro Brook carrying her 6-year-old daughter on Saturday.

Midday Newscast: August 23, 2007

By Mitch Wertlieb | August 23, 2007

A commission exploring same-sex marriage is concluding its first meeting; Vermonters who need health insurance can begin enrolling in a new state program in a little more than a month; Vermont’s aging state parks are going to get a close look from the new Governor’s Commission on the Future of State Parks; former Vermont state poet and activist Grace Paley has died.

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VPR remembers author and activist Grace Paley

By Steve Zind | August 23, 2007

When Grace Paley died Wednesday at her home in Thetford, she left a legacy in Vermont as state poet and friend to many. Paley, who was 84, was a familiar face in Vermont’s literary and activist circles.