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  • Safe Choices
    • Safe Choices 1 - Leave George alone
    • Safe Choices 2 - Unhappy memories
    • Safe Choices 3 - Staff defends program
    • Safe Choices 4 - Ex-client wins fight
    • Safe Choices editorial - A modest accomplishment
    • Safe Choices 5 - Who protects who?
    • Safe Choices 6 - Attorney takes program to court
    • Safe Choices editorial - Some light in the closet
    • Safe Choices 7 - Courtroom door swings open briefly
    • Safe Choices 8 - St. Francis gets private guardian
    • Safe Choices editorial - Trust me
    • Safe Choices 9 - Former workers say program is a dead end
    • Safe Choices Opinion - Safe Choices program has zero re-offenses
    • Safe Choices 10 - State seeks protection from lawsuit
    • Safe Choices 11 -- George St. Francis has a new guardian, and a new wife
    • Safe Choices 12 -- George St. Francis, in his own words
    • Safe Choices 13 -- George St. Francis is back in court
    • Safe Choices 14 -- Another hearing ordered for George St. Francis
    • Safe Choices 15 -- St. Francis wants to take over his own life
    • Safe Choices 16 -- Judge insists on psycho-sexual evaluation
    • Safe Choices 17 -- St. Francis finally takes the stand
    • Safe Choices 18 -- Lawyer attacks foundation of St. Francis case
    • Safe Choices 19 -- Lawyers want St. Francis case dismissed
    • Safe Choices 20 -- Cialis as a therapy?
    • Safe Choices editorial -- Time to shut it down
    • Safe Choices 21 -- Judge denies motion to dismiss St. Francis
    • Safe Choices 22 -- Safe Choices client would rather be in jail
    • Safe Choices 23 -- Mother says she’s being punished for speaking out
    • Editorial --- A footnote on Safe Choices
    • Safe Choices 24 -- George St. Francis wins his freedom
  • Willoughby fatal
    • Driver in fatal crash was 14 years old
    • Police name victims of fatal accident
    • Norman Ross Woolard
    • Philip Michael Leno
    • Teen arraigned in adult court
    • Lake Region graduation
    • Fatal case might go to Juvenile Court
    • Chapter sealed in teen’s life
    • Young driver’s mother files preemptive lawsuit
    • Families seek punitive damages in 2004 fatal
    • Seat belt gag rule an early issue
    • Lawsuit gets complex and bitter
    • Lawyers cite “tenor of bullying and hostility”
    • Split decisions prevail at hearing
    • Case takes a detour to Vermont Supreme Court
    • Punitive damages go to Supreme Court
    • Settlement ends lawsuit
  • Aerial surveillance
    • High court nixes flying pot search
    • High court nixes - editorial
    • Drones may patrol border
  • Sheffield wind
    • Sheffield wind project is officially completed
    • In Barton -- Turbines may move this fall
    • Environmental Court rules for Sheffield wind
    • In Sheffield -- WEC to study wind generation feasibility
    • Wind reaction more hostile in Sheffield
    • Maine wind farm invites comparison to NEK
    • Wind farm debate heats up in Sheffield
    • Sheffield survey shows 70 percent opposed to wind turbines
    • Will this straw vote have any clout?
    • In Sheffield -- Enough talking, it was time to vote on wind power
    • Town, school object to wind proposal
    • Wind hearings moving on two fronts
    • In Sheffield -- A civil debate on wind power
    • Sheffield Selectmen enter contract with wind company
    • Opinion -- Sheffield Selectmen should have called a special Town Meeting
    • In Sutton -- Wind project opposed, 53 to 2
    • Public Service Department does not support Sheffield wind project
    • UPC scales back Sheffield wind farm plans
    • Two windy meetings set for November 8
    • In Barton -- Discussion of route veers into challenge to wind project
    • Barton set to vote on wind power
    • In Barton -- Wind opposition unanimous but does it come too late?
    • Hearings open on Sheffield wind project
    • Sheffield wind hearings -- Will people warm to wind towers?
    • Wind power -- An unfair burden on the NEK?
    • PSB wind hearings -- Key witness kept from testifying
    • PSB wind hearings end on contentious note
    • This week in the Legislature -- Tax how much the wind blows?
    • This week in the Legislature -- Wind tax break sails despite Kingdom opposition
    • Wind sweeps up permitting dollars
    • Wind opponents ponder an appeal
    • Hurdles still confront Sheffield wind project
    • Petition seeks to halt wind tower development in Barton
    • Wind farm opponents file notice of appeal
    • Loss of tax credits won’t halt Sheffield project, UPC says
    • Wind farm foes file argument in Supreme Court
    • Sheffield cuts better deal on wind farm
    • Is wind a good deal for Vermonters?
    • In Barton -- Selectmen derail wind power ban
    • Wind traffic won’t blow through Barton
    • Supreme Court approves Sheffield Wind
    • VEC wants wind power from both Sheffield and Lowell
    • Barton Town Selectmen -- First Wind road work meets local opposition
    • In Barton -- Trustees seek guarantee against First Wind damage
    • Barton Town Selectmen -- Local contractor objects to Duck Pond job award
    • Barton Village Trustees -- First Wind trundles back and forth
    • Barton Village Trustees -- First Wind permits still under debate
    • Barton Village Trustees -- Trustee still wants bond from First Wind
    • Barton Village Trustees -- Wind tower road permit is finally (almost) final
    • Barton Village Trustees discuss wind and wind
    • In Barton -- Chamber opposes wind traffic ban
    • Editorial -- One step too far
    • Sheffield wind project still in air
    • Brook trout considered in wind tower trial
  • Lowell wind
    • The future of wind power aired at VEC annual
    • On the bus PSB survey proposed wind
    • VEC board approves wind agreements with GMP
    • Land sale reflects heat in Lowell
    • To GMP -- Nelsons say "No sale"
    • Irasburg residents discuss Lowell wind project
    • Wind developer increases economic benefits
    • In Albany -- Voters want party status but don't oppose wind turbines
    • Lowell Town Meeting 2010 -- Wind project approved, 342 to 114
    • In Lowell -- Which way is the wind blowing
    • Editorial -- Just say no to wind power
    • VEC looks at Lowell wind project
    • On Lowell Mountain -- Local landowner probes wind potential
    • On Lowell Mountain -- Wind power — one man’s vision
    • Wind friends, foes focus on Lowell
  • East Mountain wind
    • Editorial - The answer my friend
    • Windfarm project raises Champion’s ghost
    • Illuzzi calls for wind farm moratorium
    • Windfarm to build demonstration towers
    • News analysis -- Wind controversy approaching gale force
    • Wind farm hearing -- Quest for fast track hits some bumps
    • Windfarm opens broad land use debate
    • Overflow crowd hears wind farm debate
    • Wind towers meet passionate opposition
    • Hearings for state wind policy to pose some unusual matchups
    • A professional opinion -- How ugly are wind towers?
    • Hearing draws wind's critics and fans
    • Birds may delay wind power hearings
    • In East Haven -- Bird studies will delay Windfarm decision
    • Wind tower talks in tailspin
    • Feds weigh in on wind and birds
    • Bird, bat study will delay wind towers
    • Wind power company seeks new NEK sites
    • Wind debate makes allies of old foes
    • Is a wind farm out of character? -- Part II of a series
    • Early testimony on wind towers raises more questions than answers
    • Wind tower foes want hearing stopped
    • East Haven Windfarm debate hits final leg
    • Wind hearings II -- Wind farm hearings focus on birds
    • Wind hearings show scant attendance
    • Windfarm hearing -- Do the faces of East Mountain cloud its character?
    • The East Mountain hearings -- Of wind turbines and fire towers
    • Second round of wind debates gets an early start
    • Wind questions raised at hearing
    • Cautionary flag raised on East Haven Mountain
    • On East Haven Mountain - PSB calls for hearings on test towers
    • Wind farm slips on Champion’s slippery slope
    • ANR and wind developers spar over wildlife studies
    • East Mountain wind project rejected by PSB
    • Regulator denies appeal on East Mountain wind project
    • Editorial - An unseemly campaign
    • Another utility views radar site
  • General wind
    • Doctor says wind turbines will harm health
    • Low-frequency sound, stray voltage, are suspects in ill effects of wind turbines
    • Wind tower neighbor bought out for health reasons
  • Food ventures
    • Leahy cuts ribbon on new food venture center
    • Landfill may warm Pete’s new greenhouses
    • Farm and Food Summit plans for local food system
    • Even in winter, local food is growing
    • Pete’s Greens barn destroyed by fire
    • Local food producers will attend Slow Food conference in Italy
    • Greensboro brewer has big dreams
    • Fine cheeses ripen geothermally -- Like fine wine, fine cheeses need time in the cellar
    • Mammoth Greensboro cheese cave will help Cabot and others
    • Urie’s cheese takes its own sweet time to mature
    • Goat farmer wants to keep it small
    • Ploughgate Creamery is a cheese business with no animals — yet
    • Vermont Highland Cattle is serious about beef
    • Former dairy farmer turns to beefalo
    • Think globally, eat locally, and you’re a localvore
    • Slow Money looks at Vermont farms
    • In Greensboro -- New cave open to small cheese makers
    • New farm ventures find fresh capital sources
    • Eden Ice Cider -- Ambrosial amber liquid made from antique varieties
  • Coburn Hill Road
    • Letter -- Comments appeared in a different context
    • In Craftsbury -- Town might vote on Coburn Hill Road
    • Craftsbury Selectmen -- Colburn Hill Road gate can stay
  • Lowell wind protest
    • Chapter 1 Commentary: The bright orange line
    • Chapter 1: The Campsite
    • Chapter 2: The carrot and the stick
    • Chapter 3: Braving the blasts
    • Chapter 4: Confronting the corporation
    • Chapter 5 Commentary: Just the facts, judge
    • Chapter 5: The debris flies
    • Chapter 6: Confronting the law
    • Chapter 7: The occupation
    • Chapter 8: The blockade
  • Roads
    • The road home might be the Hurricane Road
  • Nulhegan Basin
    • The Big Woods -- Juggling priorities at a new visitors’ center
  • Challenges for Change
    • Challenges for Change -- Local boards await state budget
    • Department of Education -- Recommended cuts in school budgets
    • Challenges for Change -- Local school boards face more cuts to meet state goals
• People
  • Obituaries
    • Obituaries -- February 1, 2012
    • Obituaries -- January 25, 2012
    • Obituaries -- January 18, 2012
    • Obituaries -- January 11, 2012
    • Obituaries -- January 4, 2012
    • Obituaries -- December 21, 2011
    • Obituaries -- December 14, 2011
    • Obituaries -- December 7, 2011
    • Obituaries -- November 30, 2011
    • Obituaries -- November 23, 2011
    • Obituaries -- November 16, 2011
    • Obituaries -- November 9, 2011
    • Obituaries -- November 2, 2011
    • Obituaries -- October 26, 2011
    • Obituaries -- October 19, 2011
    • Obituaries -- October 12, 2011
    • Obituaries -- October 5, 2011
    • Obituaries -- September 28, 2011
    • Obituaries -- September 21, 2011
    • Obituaries -- September 14, 2011
    • Obituaries -- September 7, 2011
    • Obituaries -- August 31, 2011
    • Obituaries -- August 24, 2011
    • Obituaries -- August 17, 2011
    • Obituaries -- August 10, 2011
    • Obituaries -- August 3, 2011
    • Obituaries -- July 27, 2011
    • Obituaries -- July 20, 2011
    • Obituaries -- July 13, 2011
    • Obituaries -- July 6, 2011
    • Obituaries -- June 29, 2011
    • Obituaries -- June 22, 2011
    • Obituaries -- June 15, 2011
    • Obituaries -- June 8, 2011
    • Obituaries -- June 1, 2011
    • Obituaries -- May 25, 2011
    • Obituaries -- May 18, 2011
    • Obituaries -- May 11, 2011
    • Obituaries -- May 4, 2011
    • Obituaries -- April 27, 2011
    • Obituaries -- April 20, 2011
    • Obituaries -- April 13, 2011
    • Obituaries -- April 06, 2011
    • Obituaries -- March 30, 2011
    • Obituaries -- March 23, 2011
    • Obituaries -- March 16, 2011
    • Obituaries -- March 9, 2011
    • Obituaries -- March 2, 2011
    • Obituaries -- February 23, 2011
    • Obituaries -- February 16, 2011
    • Obituaries -- February 9, 2011
    • Obituaries -- February 2, 2011
    • Obituaries -- January 26, 2011
    • Obituaries -- January 19, 2011
    • Obituaries -- January 22, 2011
    • Obituaries -- January 5, 2011
    • Obituaries -- December 22, 2010
    • Obituaries -- December 15, 2010
    • Obituaries -- December 8, 2010
    • Obituaries -- December 1, 2010
    • Obituaries -- November 24, 2010
    • Obituaries -- November 17, 2010
    • Obituaries -- November 10, 2010
    • Obituaries -- November 3, 2010
    • Obituaries -- October 27, 2010
    • Obituaries -- October 20, 2010
    • Obituaries -- October 13, 2010
    • Obituaries -- October 6, 2010
    • Obituaries -- September 29, 2010
    • Obituaries -- September 22, 2010
    • Obituaries -- September 15, 2010
    • Obituaries -- September 8, 2010
    • Obituaries -- September 1, 2010
    • Obituaries -- August 25, 2010
    • Obituaries -- August 18, 2010
    • Obituaries -- August 11, 2010
    • Obituaries -- August 4, 2010
    • Obituaries -- July 28, 2010
    • Obituaries -- July 21, 2010
    • Obituaries -- July 14, 2010
    • Obituaries -- July 7, 2010
    • Obituaries -- June 30, 2010
    • Obituaries -- June 23, 2010
    • Obituaries -- June 16, 2010
    • Obituaries -- June 9, 2010
    • Obituaries -- June 2, 2010
    • Obituaries -- May 26, 2010
    • Obituaries -- May 19, 2010
    • Obituaries -- May 12, 2010
    • Obituaries -- May 5, 2010
    • Obituaries -- April 28, 2010
    • Obituaries -- April 21, 2010
    • Obituaries -- April 14, 2010
    • Obituaries -- April 7, 2010
    • Obituaries -- March 31, 2010
    • Obituaries -- March 24, 2010
    • Obituaries -- March 17, 2010
    • Obituaries -- March 10, 2010
    • Obituaries -- March 3, 2010
    • Obituaries -- February 24, 2010
    • Obituaries -- February 17, 2010
    • Obituaries -- February 10, 2010
    • Obituaries -- February 3, 2010
    • Obituaries -- January 27, 2010
    • Obituaries -- January 20, 2010
    • Obituaries -- January 13, 2010
    • Obituaries -- January 6, 2010
    • Obituaries -- December 22, 2009
    • Obituary -- Annette Idythe (Butler) Lapierre
    • Obituary -- Emile E. "Bill" Lapierre
    • Obituaries -- December 16, 2009
    • Obituaries -- December 9, 2009
    • Obituaries -- December 2, 2009
    • Obituaries -- November 25, 2009
    • Obituaries -- November 18, 2009
    • Obituaries -- November 11, 2009
    • Obituaries -- November 4, 2009
    • Obituaries -- October 28, 2009
    • Obituaries -- October 21, 2009
    • Obituaries -- October 14, 2009
    • Obituaries -- October 7, 2009
    • Obituaries -- September 30, 2009
    • Obituaries -- September 23, 2009
    • Obituaries -- September 16, 2009
    • Obituaries -- September 9, 2009
    • Obituaries -- September 2, 2009
    • Obituaries -- August 26, 2009
    • Obituaries -- August 19, 2009
    • Obituaries -- August 12, 2009
    • Obituaries -- August 5, 2009
    • Obituaries -- July 29, 2009
    • Obituaries -- July 22, 2009
    • Obituaries -- July 15, 2009
    • Obituaries -- July 8, 2009
    • Obituaries -- July 1, 2009
    • Obituaries -- June 24, 2009
    • Obituaries -- June 17, 2009
    • Obituaries -- June 10, 2009
    • Obituaries -- June 3, 2009
    • Obituaries -- May 27, 2009
    • Obituaries -- May 20, 2009
    • Obituaries May 13, 2009
    • Obituaries May 6, 2009
    • Obituaries April 29, 2009
    • Obituaries April 22, 2009
    • Obituaries April 15, 2009
    • Obituaries April 8, 2009
    • Obituaries April 1, 2009
    • Obituaries March 25, 2009
  • Profiles
    • A master of early instruments makes a film in Vermont
    • Some people have a picture-perfect wedding...
    • Award-winning newsman has hometown roots
    • Barton-born inventor runs UVM maple research facility
    • Surf skis aim to carve a turn on waves
    • A skillful physician and a good man
    • Hi-tech ideas from a low-tech couple
    • Harold Nunn investigates possible historic sites
    • Tenth Mountain Division -- Moran inducted into ski hall of fame
    • An unlikely recruit in the War on Terror
    • The Vermonter -- Vezina designs wooden vacuum cleaner
    • Hilliker's art is warm and friendly
  • Remembrances
    • Thomas Berry’s life is celebrated at his burial
    • June Callwood Frayne
    • Melvin Mandigo
    • Bob Kinsey
    • Pavle Cirovic
    • Loudon Young
    • James Hayford
    • Don Sunseri
    • Wally Hunt
    • Max Braithwaite
  • Tributes
    • Tribute to Nash Basom
    • A tribute to Roger Menard
    • Cola Hudson, a man of his word
    • Lapierre honored for 38 years of dispatching
    • A fitting sendoff for Bill Lapierre
    • Tribute -- In remembrance of Emile “Bill” and Annette Lapierre
    • An appreciation of Richard Simino
    • Dagny Johnson — July 23, 1912, to March 28, 2009
    • Denny Clifford: A reminiscence
  • NEK Alumni Notes
    • NEK Alumni Notes
• Reviews
  • Books
    • Book review -- An intimate drink with a literate coyote
    • Review -- Fat People is a sympathetic collection
    • Review -- Hoagland ruminates on age in his twenty-first book
    • Book review -- A fascinating look at one of our neighbors
    • Book Review -- A look at the life cycle of an American town
    • Book Review -- Tribal Alphabet goes from aborigine to Zulu
    • Book Review -- An exploration of "the taste of place"
    • Vermont Wild — funny stories well told
    • Books for the reading season
    • Yours from the Perimeter -- On finding the courage of desire
    • Imposing sound on unwilling ears is a form of oppression
    • Run Chamberlain Run! Who really ran?
    • Book review -- Hardwick has become the flavor of the month
    • Book review -- A journey through the chaos of history
    • Alexander's book chronicles forgotten tales
    • Book review -- Monster guide is just in time for Halloween
    • Book review -- Go With Me lingers in the mind
    • Local poet sees through A Lens of Ice
    • Book review -- Kaufman’s book is perfect complement to Vermont’s changing seasons
    • Wallace Stegner’s birthday celebrated with a hike and some talk
    • Kunin speaks to large crowd in Newport
    • Book review -- Judith Jones changes the world one bite at a time
    • Bubbles in Trouble — reporter turned investigator
    • Experiencing life unhampered by clothing
    • Novel examines a culture of alcoholism
    • A Farm of Her Own by Natalie Kinsey-Warnock
    • An intimate glimpse of Martha's Vineyard
    • Cummings’ spirit lives on in children’s book
    • Book looks at Prohibition through those who lived it
    • The nature of Barton, and the world beyond
    • Cruising at Last is an adventure to experience
    • No, really, it can't happen here
    • FiddleFix -- Review
    • Book Review -- Rehearsing With Gods... ...chronicles the great spectacle
    • Karl Fleming -- Son of the Rough South
    • This poetry makes me want to hike
    • A surprise on every page
    • A fascinating book about the place we call home
    • Slam Poetry -- theory and practice
    • Estrin explores the rub between insider and outsider in new novel
    • The Bell Tolls No More…
    • Sapphire examines ugly truths in poems
    • Deep Within is authentic Vermont fiction
    • The Far Traveler — Voyages of a Viking Woman
    • Tales from the dark underside of Vermont
    • Perimeter Check -- A place to rub shoulders with the past
  • Dance
    • Former student choreographs piece for NC dancers
  • Films
    • Summer of Walter Hacks -- An epic in black and white
    • New movie filmed in Barton theater
    • Holch, Nef showcase films
  • Music
    • Opera has come to the Northeast Kingdom
    • Iconic and ironic, O’Donnell releases Rogue Element
    • Hartswick plays for a home audience
    • Warebrook music festival returns with a flourish
    • Craftsbury Chamber Players fix it so it's Baroque
    • Phish's final curtain
    • Choirs combine in spiritual harmony
    • Grace Potter and the Nocturnals give Burke a night to remember
  • Crafts
    • Open studio weekend 2008 and 2009
  • Restaurants
    • Big Joe's is a carnivore's delight
    • Le Belvedere combines flavors and food culture
    • Thai Tanic Senesombath creates perfect balance of flavors
    • The Boathouse Grill -- Newport’s new freshwater pearl
  • Theater
    • Bread and Puppet turns to opera
    • Reporter's notebook -- Big puppets in the baked Apple.
  • Visual arts
    • An intimate view of the life of flowers
    • Art of Action shows Vermont in transition
    • Artwork exhibit -- Nelson expands boundaries in show at Governor’s office
    • At the GRACE gallery -- A rare chance to see Rochette’s artwork
    • In Newport -- A heartfelt tribute to fallen soldiers
• School news
  • North Country
    • Hamilton is Music Educator of the Year
    • Classroom composers to hear music come to life
  • Lake Region
    • Third annual Junior Chef competition
    • At Lake Region -- Don Harter memorialized by students, staff
  • Career Center
    • Teacher offers course in planet repair
  • United Christian Academy
    • UCA students help send Haitans to school
  • Craftsbury Academy
    • Craftsbury Academy is now a model of efficiency
    • Craftsbury speller wins state contest, headed for national bee
    • In Craftsbury -- Team trains hard for state match
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    • Chicken-fried Venison
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