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Voices

Baby goat yoga leads to adult goat deaths

By
Karen Hein, M.D.
Wednesday, August 29, 2018 — Issue 474

JACKSONVILLE — We must stop this horrid trend of baby-goat yoga!

Teaching cute little goats to pounce on your back or jump up on you is a real no-no - imagine our 210-pound Sammy doing that!

Actually, there are stories of cute little llamas, alpacas, and goats who had to be euthanized because of similar behaviors taught by people who are not thinking ahead - people who should know better!

Sorry to be a party pooper, but please tell your yoga community that goat yoga with baby goats will lead to adult goat deaths if they teach them such dangerous bad habits when they are cute little kids!

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Planet Hank is at our door

By
Anne Henshaw

Anne Henshaw is an independent educational consultant and advocate for disability rights. CHESTER-On Oct. 18,

Danger to the Constitution

By
Laurie Goldman

TRENTON, MAINE-Jo Schneiderman's piece on self-censorship is one of the most important and precise framings...

We must do more to stop U.S. complicity in Gaza

By
Steve Wangh

BRATTLEBORO-Our senators, Peter Welch and Bernie Sanders, and our Representative, Becca Balint, have been in...

Sweat and ash: the spirit of community in Windham

By
Michael Pelton

Michael Pelton, a farm owner and operator and engaged community member, serves on the Windham...

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A centennial celebration

By
Randolph T. Holhut
Wednesday, October 27, 2021 — Issue 636

After taking a year off due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Harris Hill ski jump will celebrate its centennial with the return of the annual President's Day weekend competition on Feb. 19 and 20, 2022. As one of just six 90-meter ski jumps in the United States and the only one in New England, Harris Hill is known throughout North America and Europe as one of the more enjoyable jumping venues on the international circuit, with big crowds and a...

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Voices

Goldman listens and learns what people are experiencing

By
Ann Golob
Wednesday, June 24, 2020 — Issue 567

I support Leslie Goldman's candidacy for the Windham-3 seat in the Vermont House of Representatives. During the 2018 campaign season, Leslie and I spent every Sunday going door to door talking to voters about the urgency of the upcoming election and the need to get out and vote. We met people of all different political persuasions - most were friendly, but some decidedly were not. But Leslie was not deterred by any response we received. Again and again, Leslie would...

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Arts

Students invited to enter Young Writers Awards

Wednesday, September 7, 2022 — Issue 680

Bennington College is accepting submissions from high school students around the world for its 2022–2023 Young Writers Awards. This annual competition, which accepts entries in poetry, fiction, and nonfiction, is free to enter and open to all high school students in grades 9 through 12. A first-, second-, and third-place winner will be selected in each of the categories, with cash prizes up to $1,000 awarded. Young Writers Award finalists and winners are also eligible for undergraduate scholarships at Bennington.

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