Junior Isabel Giamusso knelt on the ground in front of her Pilot project: a large poster and sticky notes spread over the wall by the amphitheater. She put the finishing touches on the piece and moved back to admire it. …
Month: February 2020
U-32 Strikes Oil!
It was cold the morning of October 24th, and the sun had yet to burn off a dense fog. Plump dewdrops weighed down blades of grass. Work was about to begin. The task at hand was to finish the deepest…
Critical Care Transport: Life and Death
What would you do if you had to save someone from dying? Most people would probably have no idea how to react in those kinds of scenarios. But Alex Jarvis, an emergency service worker, has to deal with those situations…
Mayor Anne Watson on Montpelier’s Potential Smoking Ban
According to the Vermont Department of Health, “smoking costs the state approximately $348 million in medical expenses and results in about 1000 smoking-attributable deaths each year.” Smoking is commonplace in downtown Montpelier and has long been controversial in our community,…
Protest At Tompkins Square Park
On the 6th of August 1988, many newspapers like the New York Times published stories about the previous night at Tompkins Square Park in New York City. As the Times described the events, “[m]any of the officers concealed their badges…
Teratornis: Ruler of the Skies
Editor’s Note: Nathaniel Rice is The Chronicle’s resident paleo-speculative columnist. Teratornis merriami skeleton U-32’s cross-country trails, late Pleistocene (11,000 years ago): A dark form soars through the evening sky. Her sharp eyes scan the ground miles below, looking…
Owen Kellington: From U-32 to U-Conn
Geoff Green, U-32’s new baseball coach, remembers a moment from last season that stood out. In a game against Randolph last Spring, U-32’s star pitcher Owen Kellington struck out 6 players in a row over two-innings on 18 pitches. Green,…
We had to Turn Them Away
It is very very hard to turn away someone in a poor position who may be ill or even dying when you are a privileged person who is being paid to be in their country. Kathy Shapiro’s morals were challenged…