Vermont artist reflects on a first visit to the Rockies

BY JASON STARR Observer staff

paintings at the college’s McCarthy Arts Center for a weeklong showing.

in open session, the board unanimously overtuned Boulanger’s decision, denying the dog rescue a permit. If the board confirms its decision as expected on March 28 by approving the meeting minutes, a 30-day appeal period will begin.

“I will appeal,” Pederzani said in an email Tuesday to the Observer.

She does not think she was treated fairly during last week’s hearing.

“The DRB had their minds made up going in,” she said. “It was clear that they felt I was wast-

Hall also noted that dogs are routinely walked around Lamplite Lane, although Pederzani has likened that to the freedom anyone has to walk on public roads.

“The road and its shoulder are public property,” Pederzani wrote in a home business plan submitted to the zoning office. “Any person can come into any development to walk their dog provided that walker and dog are acting within the law.”

That is a point that an Environmental Court judge may have to

A lifelong Vermonter has put all of her sensory and emotional experiences upon visiting the Rocky Mountain West for the first time into a senior capstone art display at St. Michael’s College this week.

Margaret Krause is a native of Middlebury who spent countless hours at her dad’s office in Williston as a child, doodling, daydreaming and painting. Now an Art and Design and Education Studies double major set for graduation in May, Krause has set up a series of acrylic

The exhibit, entitled “The Loop,” is inspired by Krause’s visit last summer to Utah and Wyoming, a camping road trip with friends that brought new sights, smells, thoughts and feelings for the Rice Memorial High School graduate.

“It’s the stuff you see in books when you are growing up, then when you actually get there you have to adjust to appreciate the beauty of what is around you,” she said. “Looking at it, it doesn’t feel real. It’s so massive