Excellent article, thanks! Do you think Hillary Clinton asked Patrick Leahy to be vice president or secretary of state?
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BELLOWS FALLS-Elderly Vermonters have been going down to New York City this summer and getting arrested in the name of climate change. Protestors in the 1960s lay down in the streets and got arrested while trying to stop the Vietnam War. These days they're grayer and a little more frail, but they're still at it. While getting arrested probably won't be enough to stop forest fires in the West, houses washing away in the East, or islands disappearing in the...
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The Next Stage Bandwagon Summer Series presents Canadian singer-songwriter Kiran Ahluwalia at The Putney Inn, 57 Putney Landing Rd., on Friday, June 2, at 6 p.m. “Cosmopolitan and distinctively Indian,” organizers say, “with roots in Sufi, Qawalli, and Punjabi Folk, Ahluwalia crafts her own contemporary originals while organically mixing with West African Blues and American Jazz.” Ahluwalia is a two-time Juno (Canadian Grammy) winner. Her six-piece band, led by guitarist Rez Abbasi, “creates a unique sound that is ethereal, raw,
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