The Outside Story by Jen Weimer We’ve all heard the idiom, “The early bird gets the worm.” When it comes to invasive jumping worms, unfortunately, there are more than enough to go around. These invasive worms can consume excessive amounts of organic matter and... More »
by Tena Starr We set out for Rodanthe, North Carolina, at 8 a.m. We arrived around 11 p.m. We were flying. It took 15 hours. According to Google Maps, if we’d driven, it would have taken 13 and a half hours. We went to Rodanthe, which is on North Carolina’s... More »
by Daisy Dopp Daisy Dopp lived most of her life on the Glover farm that is now home to the Bread and Puppet Theater. When her husband, Jim, died in 1970, Daisy Dopp moved to a home in the village and spent some of her time writing articles recalling life ... More »
The Outside Story by Meghan McCarthy McPhaul It is a question I face each year as March winds into April: when to take down the bird feeder. Our avian feeding station is basic: a single run-of-the-mill hopper, which I fill with a local mix of seed that seem... More »
The Outside Story ….Owls on the nest by Anna MorrisAmong the very earliest signs of spring are the strange caterwauls of the barred owls that haunt our woods: “Who cooks for you? Who cooks for you all?” Their hooted conversations, thrown back and forth throu... More »
The Outside Story by Jen Weimer A winter walk in the forest reveals a flurry of wildlife activity that often goes unnoticed during other times of year. Often among the many tracks in the snow are the nearly heart-shaped prints of deer. The white-tailed deer (O... More »
The Outside Story Squirrel talk: what does that noise mean? by Laurie D. Morrissey Even if you’ve never ventured further into the forest than an urban park or a college campus, you’re probably familiar with Sciurus carolinensis, the eastern gray squirrel. Wh... More »
by Daisy Dopp Daisy Dopp lived most of her life on the Glover farm that is now home to the Bread and Puppet Theater. When her husband, Jim, died in 1970, Daisy Dopp moved to a home in the village and spent some of her time writing articles recalling life on... More »
Katherine Sims prevails over Vicki Strong In the game of musical chairs that began when the two-person Orleans County district jointly represented by Vicki Strong of Albany and Katherine Sims of Craftsbury was reduced to a single-member district, Representativ... More »
by Fiona Bock Fiona Bock is a middle school student at Glover Community School. GLOVER — On October 22, with the midterm elections on November 8 drawing near, this reporter stood outside Currier’s Market to ask people their opinions on democracy and voting; no... More »
Part II by Tena Starr Although Vermont has been spared a school shooting, one of the many things that “Stella,” a classroom teacher, frets about these days is violence. Responsibility for keeping her young students safe weighs heavily on her. “The rise in sch... More »
This is the first of two articles about the causes of the teacher shortage in Vermont schools. by Tena Starr Spend ten minutes listening to a classroom teacher, and you will begin to understand two things: Why many are leaving and how devoted to their s... More »
