By Jaime Thomas What happens when you throw together a dentist, a photographer, a gun-maker and a competitive skater? You get Dr. Fred Michel. The Poultney resident, whose work will be on display at the Pember Library and Museum for February’s First Friday, is a man of many interests. “I’m curious — I want to [...]
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School offers unique personalized learning experience
By Jaime Thomas Imagine a school so integrative that as students are reading Henry David Thoreau’s Walden, they’re also building a full-sized replica of the cabin where he lived. At LiHigh School in Poultney, this is not just a nice idea but an example of the unique style of learning available to students. Administrators describe [...]
’10 trying to make it big in L.A.
A self-described band geek from Whitehall has launched a new project she hopes will help her attain her dreams of becoming a successful singer-songwriter. Barbara Spoor, a 2010 graduate of Whitehall High School, has been working in a Los Angeles studio recording covers and original songs under the name of Lucy Rae. “I literally just [...]
Northern Exposure: Whitehall native chosen for curatorial trek to northern Yukon
Art has taken Serena Kovalosky from the bucolic countryside of Washington County and nearby Vermont to the cosmopolitan city of Montreal and the bustling streets of London. And now it has taken her to the northern reaches of Canada. Kovalosky, an artist, curator, and cultural [...]
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VPR commentator entertains at Slate Valley Museum
By Jaime Thomas About 75 people gathered at the Slate Valley Museum Thursday evening to listen to Vermont Public Radio [...]