This is the first piece in a series about what our community was like a century ago. January 4th, 1921, was a cold, rainy day. (7) A line of men filed into the Vermont Statehouse for the 26th biennial…
Month: January 2018
2 Percent: Why it Makes Sense
This is the first piece in an ongoing series exploring questions about our local economy. At 9:00 on a Sunday morning in Montpelier, Vermont the streets are generally still quiet. However inside the Southern breakfast restaurant Down Home Kitchen…
“Who can really live off $300 a week?” Homeless in Central Vermont
It’s 5:30 pm in the Price Chopper parking lot, already getting dark. At the end of the pull-in stands a man holding a cardboard sign. He’s underdressed for the temperature, but doesn’t seem to mind, watching the cars drive by.…
Life with Nine Fingers Part 3: Today
“This is what I have, it’s how it’s going to be, and I’m not going to let it stop me.” “Bonnie L. Gadapee is a 50 y.o. female who was seen today for follow-up after the above procedure.” The medical…
The Better Side of War
Sergeant Mark Wheeler drove the humvee down the long interstate. Everything was covered in dust and sand, with a few palms trees scattered about. He was only 6 feet above sea level, eighty-three miles from Baghdad, Iraq, in October of…
Harvesting Moose: Where Have They Gone?
Amber Markham won the Moose Lottery in 2015 and took the time to be successful, “…scouting and hunting from the beginning Saturday to the next Sunday because moose are elusive.” She never found her moose. “We thought at one point…