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Opinion: Booked: Curl up with these fall reading recommendations

Step into my office. Take a seat. You’ll have to move a stack of books. When I worked at the Norwich Bookstore and visitors asked for recommendations, my first response was always, “What are some books you’ve loved?” Then we’d go from there. Here in a newspaper column, we don’t have that conversational bridge. A […]

Federal court says US agents can search phones at Vermont’s border with Canada without suspicion

A federal appeals court ruled that border agents may manually search travelers' electronic devices without a warrant or suspicion of a crime, a decision that critics argue threatens privacy and free speech.

Opinion: Finding hope in pumpkins, Tom Waits

The breezy, mid-September afternoon seemed like a good time to harvest pumpkins with our granddaughters. In late May I had planted two seeds in the manure pile outside our fenced-in garden, and by mid-September there were more than a dozen of them the size of beachballs, peeking out from a wild tangle of vines. As we […]

Community College of Vermont receives $790,000 grant for new LNA Training Hub

The Community College of Vermont has been awarded a $790,000 grant from the Vermont Department of Disabilities, Aging and Independent Living to establish a statewide licensed nursing assistant training program known as the LNA Training Hub.

Candidates clash over education and housing in District 8 Senate race

With Senate District 8 Republican Ruth Ward of Stoddard declining to seek re-election, Democrat David Trumble of Weare is facing Republican state Rep. James Creighton of Antrim in the Nov. 3 election. The district covers 20 municipalities in parts of four counties — Cheshire, Hillsborough, Merrimack and Sullivan — and includes Claremont, Newport, Croydon, Charlestown, […]