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Truancy Enforcement is Difficult and Uneven Across Vermont
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BY KEN PICARD
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Erin Go BTV: Celebrating a Once-Scorned Immigrant Group
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BY KEVIN J. KELLEY
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How Much ‘Green’ Does Green Up Day Require? BY KEVIN J. KELLEY
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Gunning for Reform: Burlington’s Firearms Vote May Prove Largely Symbolic BY MARK DAVIS
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Technology: Burlington’s first maker space will open this month
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Maker Breakout
Technology: A Church Street retailer brings 3-D printing to the masses BY KEN PICARD
The Bryce Dance Company Moves Through the Aging Process
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Making Ends Meet
Theater: Good People, Northern Stage BY ALEX BROWN
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Food: Seasoned Traveler: DownStreet Eats BY ALICE LEVITT
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Pressing Flesh
Food: Eavesdropping at the New England Meat Conference BY CORIN HIRSCH
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A Couple of Accomplished Quartets Tackle Debussy and Mendelssohn
Return to Roots
Music: Blues musician Keb’ Mo’ delves into American musical heritage BY ETHAN DE SEIFE
A New Wing at the West Branch Gallery Embraces Landscape Painting
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In a Performance at Middlebury College, Two Brooklynites Explore the Sounds of Silence
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