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Hooked: a portrait of addiction in Lamoille County

Emma Post

June 6, 2013

Editor’s note: This is the first in a series on opiate addiction in Vermont. Some names have been changed to protect the anonymity of the sources. Carly... READ MORE »»

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“Detroit: An American Autopsy” chosen as fall common book

Kayla Friedrich

May 24, 2013

In its seventh year, the Common Book program will give JSC’s incoming freshman an inside look at life in Detroit through the eyes of a journalist native... READ MORE »»

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Osborne moves on

Lindsay Brown

May 24, 2013

 Michael Osborne, a part of the Johnson State College community for many years, has left the college for a new position in the private sector. Osborne... READ MORE »»

Michael Osborne

MARKET

New Johnson market set for late summer opening

Lindsay Brown

May 24, 2013

It has been a long wait for residents of Johnson, but the lease has been signed, and work has begun on a new grocery store in the downtown shopping plaza. “I... READ MORE »»

A sign of change for downtown

Campus & Community

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Verderber teaching Natural History Photography course in the fall

Tom Benton

Gustav Verderber knows the difference between a wood frog and a green frog. “You hear a sound like a taut rubber band, that’s a green frog,” he said. “A... read story

May 18, 2013 • Comments Off

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Arts & Entertainment

“Into the Woods” fills seats and enchants the people in them

“Into the Woods” fills seats and enchants the people in them

Anna Maria Liccione

“I’m in the wrong story,” the Baker’s Wife (Kate Kendall) said to Prince Charming (Marcus Provost) after an illicit tryst in the woods. Throughout this fractured fairy... read story

May 3, 2013 • Comments Off

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Sports

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American Judas

Tom Benton

  The molecules of Major League baseball were in Johnny Damon’s hair.  You ever see Johnny Damon’s hair? He was the MLB’s Rapunzel. Flowing locks like raven feathers.... read story

June 6, 2013 • 0 comments

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Features

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Gates of Heaven: the vanishing junkyard

Don Eaton

Some people like it: You walk up to the counter, your fingers clean and your nails intact. You describe what you need, let’s say a, “throw-out fork for a ’71, CJ-5 Jeep.”... read story

May 26, 2013 • Comments Off

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Life in Orbit

Melvis, the Backwoods King

Melvis, the Backwoods King

Tom Benton

“You don’t have to saaaay you love me/Just be close at haaand/You don’t have to staaaaay forever/I will understaaand.” The singer is a fifty-something guy... read story

May 3, 2013 • Comments Off

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