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Bald eagles are back, but great blue herons paid the price
The Community News Service is a program in which University of Vermont students work with professional editors to provide content for local news outlets at no cost. After years of absence, the most patriotic bird in the sky returned to Vermont — but it might’ve come at another’s expense.
What’s the deal with the crows?
Walking through Waterman green on a January evening can be both a fascinating and eerie experience. A cacophony of caws and wing flaps fill the soundscape as dark figures cover the sky in erratic patterns. The crows of Burlington’s winters are a spectacle that some have come to love.
Local Vermont artists collective known as The Sanctuary to host event in Burlington's City Hall Park
BURLINGTON, Vt. — Andy Mount has lived in Chittenden County his entire life, and fondly recalls memories from his childhood of spending time in downtown Burlington. "You know, it's funny, I remember walking around as a little kid on Church Street and there (were) hundreds of people out," Mount said.
Bringing light to a darkened stage: Group aims to keep St. Michael's Playhouse in VT alive
St. Michael’s Playhouse, the professional theater company that has brought summer plays and musicals to Colchester for more than three-quarters of a century, is taking this season off as supporters restructure how the company is operated. The Playhouse had been run as a separate entity until 1997, when the...
'It’s about your breathing and staying focused': Barbara 'Birdie' Forgues is ready to take riflery talent to West Point
SHREWSBURY — Every summer, Barbara “Birdie” Forgues spends eight weeks in Colchester, Vermont, at the all-girls Brown Ledge Camp, exploring activities like tennis, horseback riding, water skiing, swimming and kayaking. A couple of years ago, Forgues, who is a senior captain of the field hockey and softball...
Non-extractive storytelling workshop presented by award-winning, international film maker Jay Austin
Vermont Business Magazine A refreshing way for storytellers to change the narrative is coming to Burlington on May 2. Those seeking to tell stronger, truer stories will have an opportunity to attend a candid, uplifting free workshop presented by award-winning filmmaker Jay Austin on May 2 from 9 a.m. to 12 noon at Generator 40 Sears Lane, Burlington. The workshop is hosted by the Community Navigator Pilot Program (CNPP).
Earth Day flower pressings: One of Saint Michael’s College’s many Earth Week activities
COLCHESTER — Yesterday afternoon, a number of students dotted Saint Michael’s College campus, plucking petals from garden beds and shrubs to be pressed. Students working under the school’s Patrick ‘61 and Marcelle Leahy Center for the Environment welcomed passersby to press their own flowers, as well as to register for an iNaturalist plant identification bio blitz. The person to log the most species in the hunt will win a tiny resin-suspended, gold-framed ornament, bursting with delicately pressed botanicals.
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