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Seven Days writers can t possibly read, much less review, all the books that arrive in a steady stream by post, email and, in one memorable case, a blush of spring robins. So this monthly feature is our way of introducing you to a handful of books by Vermont authors. To do that, we contextualize each book just a little and quote a single representative sentence from, yes, page 32.
The Vermont Ghost Guide: A Second Conjuring
Joseph A. Citro, illustrations by Robert W. Brunelle Jr., Eerie Lights Publishing, 212 pages. $19.95. Supposedly her corpse was stolen by medical students and partially dissected.
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Green Up Day is coming this Saturday, May 1. Continuing a 51-year tradition, this is the day when volunteers from all over the state pitch in to pick up trash along Vermontâs roadways.
How does Green-Up Day work? Fill your bag with paper, cans, and roadside trash. With COVID in mind, volunteers are asked to wear a mask and remember social distancing. Bright clothes and facing oncoming traffic helps cars avoid you. Insect repellent, gloves and boots protect against dirt and ticks. Children should tell adults if they find medical waste. (Use gloves and pliers or tongs to pick up needles and secure in a thick plastic container, ideally marked Medical Waste.)
Photo: Aerial rendering of Colchester Exit 16. Courtesy Photo.
by C.B. Hall, Vermont Business Magazine While the Agency of Transportation s list of highway projects this year is prodigious (see below), the agency does a lot more than replace worn pavement and fix bridges on Vermont s state, federal and interstate roadways.
AOT and its many partners also reconfigure city streets, maintain state-owned rail corridors, develop bicycle-pedestrian trails, build sidewalks, and perform an abundance of other infrastructure chores.
These other projects, often managed by towns and cities, tend to be more interesting than the usual routine of installing traffic lights and paving over potholes. This year, for example, AOT s work list will include reinforcing the stone underpinnings of the covered bridge that connects Windsor with Cornish, New Hampshire.
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A Whitingham man and former State Senate candidate is defending his social media post pointing out that two local lawmakers who voted in favor of a bill allowing the confiscation of firearms from restraining order defendants are working from home.
John Lyddy, in a post made to his account Tuesday morning, was critical of Reps. John Gannon and Laura Sibilia for voting yes on H. 133. The bill passed 102-44 on Friday, on a roll call vote, and is now before the state Senate.
A public Facebook post issued by a former candidate for state Senate notes that a pair of lawmakers who voted in support of a proposal to allow firearms to be confiscated in emergency protective orders are working at home.