Top Stories for Tuesday April 7, 2015

A Celebration Of The Arts
By Cookie Steponaitis
Cultures worldwide have used the arts as a means of celebration, conveyance of cultural ideas and creation of new fields of thought and expression throughout the centuries. During the past few days there has been a festival featuring the works of artists and musical performances by grades kindergarten-twelve in the VUHS gymnasium.
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Camp For The Heart And Mind: ReTribe
By Cookie Steponaitis
Part of the American experience for children is the thrill and anticipation of summer and going off to camp. Many adults still have memories of the experiences and friendships formed at summer camps around the nation. Vermont is in a unique position because in addition to the immense beauty of a Green Mountain summer there are a plethora of camps created for experiences for children and adults alike that are unique and formatted to create an experience unlike any other. And joining the ranks of those diverse offerings in the last decade are the programs involved with ReTribe.  [ more ]

Sharing Insights Into The World Of Business: Meet Al Dauray
By Cookie Steponaitis
When President Calvin Coolidge delivered his now famous address to the Society of American Newspaper Editors on January 17, 1925 remarking, “After all, the chief business of the American people is business. They are profoundly concerned with producing, buying, selling, investing and prospering in the world. I am strongly of the opinion that the great majority of people will always find these the moving impulses of our life,” he might well have had the career of Al Dauray in mind.
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