The recent earthquake
that battered northwestern China has touched the life of a Vermont
woman. Tonja Gilmore has journeyed
to Tibet several times in the past two years, acting as a volunteer medical coordinator.
Today is Earth Day, and an
anniversary of sorts, as the first Earth Day was celebrated 40 years ago. It was also 40 years ago that
Vermonters ventured out into their various communities to pick up trash and Green Up the state.
VPR’s Jane Lindholm talks with author, essayist and playwright David Budbill about his craft, and his new play A Song For My Father, that opens tomorrow in Montpeier.
The
Rutland Board of Aldermen is urging the city’s police commission to fire Police
Chief Tony Bossi. In
a letter, aldermen give the commission until May 1st to follow
through.
We’ll talk about life in towns on the Vermont-Quebec border and the issues that concern people whose work and social lives straddle two different countries and cultures.