MacLean Gander is retired from a long career as a professor and administrator at Landmark...
Deborah Lee Luskin , one of this newspaper's original columnists, blogs at deborahleeluskin.com. WILLIAMSVILLE-I have...
Meg Donahue is cofounder and chief creative officer of MamaSezz.com, an online enterprise that works...
Emily Carris Duncan (ecarrisduncan.com) represents the Windham-6 district (Wilmington, Whitingham, and Halifax) in the Vermont...
Two long-delayed Windham County hydroelectric stations are well underway and may begin producing power by fall, the developer said Wednesday. New Jersey-based Eagle Creek Renewable Energy LLC is building hydro projects at U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dams in Townshend and Jamaica. While the West River turbines are relatively small – they will produce 3.1 megawatts combined – they have required years of development and permitting work. “It feels very good,” said Bud Cherry, Eagle Creek's chief executive officer. “It...
I have been teaching technology for more than 30 years and I am completely in agreement with Gemma Seymour. Unfortunately, the closed mind of technology training does not allow my colleagues to see that reality. In my country, Colombia, there is currently an obsession with robotics and Arduino, an “open-source electronic prototyping platform enabling users to create interactive electronic objects.” Maybe one day we can understand that not everyone will be programmers, and that music, art, and sports should be...
To commemorate the career of Nicolas A. Apgar (1918-2011), the Catherine Dianich Gallery will open “Mid-Century Master,” a retrospective of the painter and teacher's work, on Dec. 7, during Gallery Walk, with a reception from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. As noted in the artist statement, Apgar transposed his inner thoughts to canvas. He intended his art to reflect his emotions. At the same time, he left room for viewers to help create the work, using their own perceptions. Apgar's idyllic...
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