What role does emotional intelligence play in the process of aging well? Since I am living right in the middle of a pool of research subjects in this facility, I have but to look around for answers.
Back in the 1990s, psychologist Daniel Goleman wrote the seminal book on the subject of EQ...
Thirty years ago the Dover Town Hall was slated to undergo some major renovations. File photo
10 years ago:
The chair and vice chair of the Wilmington Development Review Board resigned after selectboard members moved to reappoint the vice chair as a DRB alternate. Two selectboard members said their decision was based on concerns that the vice chair was out of town for three months...
By Ginger Nickerson
UVM Extension
VERMONT - When working in their sugarbush, maple producers are encouraged to be on the lookout for signs of the Asian longhorned beetle (ALB). This wood-boring insect, native to southeast Asia, will kill many hardwood trees....
By Deborah J. Benoit
UVM Extension master gardener
VERMONT - It’s no surprise that the Easter lily (Lilium longiflorum) is the most popular floral gift for Easter giving, but contrary to its name, it isn’t a spring-blooming flower.
When grown outdoors,...
POMFRET, CT - Sam Power, of Peru, VT from the class of 2026, was named to the winter 2023-2024 honors list at Pomfret School. To achieve this level of distinction, Sam earned a grade point average of at least 3.330 and received no grade lower than a B.
Health care, as you know, is a mess.
Take my right foot—please.
It all started when I wore this one pair of dress shoes to Alison’s cousin’s wedding in North Carolina a couple of years ago. I was on my feet all day, and the band was hot! By the end of the night I had an excruciating...
As of November 2022, 36 states and the District of Columbia have established an RES or a renewable energy goal. Vermont established its RES in 2005 as a voluntary target and updated it in 2015 to become a standard. The RES mandates that electric power be sourced increasingly from renewable...
10 years ago:
According to The Deerfield Valley Snooze, the developers of the Hayloft Club at Haystack Mountain planned to buy Mount Snow strictly for the water rights. The private Haystack resort’s management planned to shut down the larger mountain, mothball its...
RANDOLPH- Vermont State University local students are named to the fall 2023 dean’s list. To qualify for this academic honor, students must maintain full-time status and a semester grade point average of 3.5 or higher.
The following local students made the list: Stacy Bryck, of Dummerston...
“North Woods: A Novel”
Daniel Mason
Random House, 2023
“North Woods” chronicles the 300-year history of a fictitious house, fields, and forest near the Vermont border of western Massachusetts. Over the course of that history, greatly differing residents find the...