Local Roundup: White River Valley pitchers lead the way on the diamonds
Carder Stratton
Published: 5/8/2021 11:14:47 PM
Modified: 5/8/2021 11:14:44 PM
SOUTH ROYALTON – Carder Stratton tossed a complete-game gem to lead the White River Valley baseball team in a 9-0 win over visiting Green Mountain on Saturday.
Stratton struck out 11 while allowing no walks and scattering seven hits for the undefeated Wildcats. Stratton also helped his own cause at the plate, going 1-for-3 with two RBIs and two runs scored.
“Carder threw very well today. He competed all day and put the team in a great spot to win,” WRV coach Devin Cilley said.
SOUTH ROYALTON A federal court judge has granted artist Sam Kerson more time to make his case against Vermont Law School’s plan to cover with acoustic tiles a pair of murals he painted almost three decades ago that members of the VLS community now.
Artist gets time to argue against covering unwanted murals
May 6, 2021
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SOUTH ROYALTON, Vt. (AP) A federal court judge is giving an artist more time to explain how the Vermont Law School s plan to cover a pair of murals he painted nearly three decades ago that the school community now regards as racially insensitive might damage the artwork.
The murals by then-Vermont-based artist Sam Kerson were intended to honor African Americans and abolitionists involved in the Underground Railroad. Vermont Law School announced last year that it planned to paint over them after some school community members said the depictions are offensive. Students and others have condemned the artwork as having exaggerated and dated depictions of slaves and enslavers.
Jim Kenyon: These are the questions
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Modified: 5/4/2021 8:53:56 PM
A few burning questions while waiting to see what happens first: The Red Sox returning to earth after what has started out as a surprisingly promising season or Hanover lifting its outdoor mask requirement.
What of Guy Scaife, former Thetford town manager?
Scaife is a finalist for the city administrator’s job in Willmar, Minn.
The
West Central Tribune, the newspaper that covers Willmar, reported last week that Scaife was among five finalists (one has already dropped out) selected from a field of 15 candidates.
May 04, 2021
Chris Bohjalian’s latest novel is a legal thriller set in an era with seemingly little in common with our own: the perilous world of 17th-century New England. But through a young Puritan woman’s attempts to divorce her abusive husband, Bohjalian explores how the sexism, shame and rampant gossip of the early American colonies are eerily persistent to this day.
What inspired you to write a novel of suspense set in 17th-century New England?
My work at least my best work is powered by dread. My books are slow burns. It’s not “action” in a conventional sense that keeps readers turning the pages, but rather a simmering anxiety.