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Life Stories: Remembering Vermonters Who Died in 2020

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Eddie Toney
Eddie Toney s first job was at a shoe factory in Littleton, N.H., just over the border from his hometown of St. Johnsbury. It was well into the Great Depression, and Eddie had quit school after eighth grade to help his family; he d never much enjoyed classroom learning anyway.
The teenager made $8.75 weekly, until one week when his pay envelope contained just 42 cents. As Eddie told the story, he returned it to his boss, saying, You can use it more than me and was summarily fired.
Other than a stint in the army during World War II, Eddie, who died in September of natural causes just four months shy of his 100th birthday, never worked for anyone else again. ....

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As the Arctic's only ceramic arts studio, Matchbox Gallery is changing our ideas of Northern art

As the Arctic s only ceramic arts studio, Matchbox Gallery is changing our ideas of Northern art
Studio founders Jim and Sue Shirley have spent 30 years helping to foster a thriving creative scene in Kangiqliniq, Nunavut.
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Jim and Sue Shirley have spent 30 years helping to foster a thriving creative scene in Kangiqliniq, Nunavut
Posted: Dec 10, 2020 12:00 PM ET | Last Updated: December 10, 2020
Facing Forward by Pierre Aupilardjuk and Shary Boyle.(Photo by M.N. Hutchinson)
Facing Forward, a collaboration by Inuit artist Pierre Aupilardjuk and Toronto-based artist Shary Boyle, looks like an artifact from another planet. Boyle s contribution a porcelain, human-like figure wearing a colourful herringbone-pattern dress is seated, elbows resting on its knees, holding up its three heads. The heads, made by Aupilarjduk, seem ancient, with smoke-fired surfaces and vacant eyes. The piece is like a visual dialogue between the artists, unfolding ....

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