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LOOKING FORWARD
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NEWS 14
Burlington College’s Finances Put Its Accreditation at Risk
FEATURES 28
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A Giga-Mistake? Some Make the Case for Keeping Burlington Telecom BY KEVIN J. KELLEY
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Refugee Advocacy Group Folds After 30Year Run
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Bear Pond Celebrates Vermonter’s New Book With a ‘Pop-Up Museum’
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Burlington Artist Couple Opens South Gallery BY PAMELA POLSTON
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New Richmond Marketing Agency and Collective Promotes Artists
Good Vibrations
Health: A Morrisville researcher applies hard science to her sound therapy BY KEN PICARD
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Poetry al Fresco
Books: A sampler of local verse BY JULIA SHIPLEY
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BY MARGOT HARRISON
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Into the Wild
Culture: The Sable Project brings young artists out of their comfort zones BY XIAN CHIANG-WAREN
BY MARK DAVIS
ARTS NEWS
Novel Concepts
Music: Checking out Burlington rapper Learic BY DAN BOLLES
BY ALICIA FREESE
Zeroing In
Architecture: A Waitsfield architect champions a net-zero revolution BY KATHRYN FLAGG
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Word Play
Theater: All in the Timing, Dorset Theatre Festival BY ALEX BROWN
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BY ETHAN DE SEIFE
In a Pickle
Food: Sandor Katz demonstrates fermentation BY ALICE LEVITT
Blueberry Hill
Food: Adam’s Berry Farm takes root in Charlotte
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Music: Four more local albums you probably haven’t heard BY DAN BOLLES
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