If you are 12 to 14 years old and want to learn about Vermont’s wildlife and gain outdoor skills, consider attending one of the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department’s Green Mountain Conservation Camps this summer.

often, by the time we’ve been irked, the decisions have been made and can’t be undone, leaving us feeling angry and powerless.

Having served in the legislature for the past thirteen years, this new session represents a “new beginning’ for me as I have been elected to represent a new legislative district consisting of the towns of Pittsford and Proctor.

This week we begin a new feature: artwork by students around our district.  We asked the art teachers at our elementary, middle, and high schools to submit student works that display creativity and talent.

Proctor is an oddity among Vermont’s mosaic of rectangles, a jagged-edged sliver of land along Otter Creek, nestled among Pittsford, Rutland, and West Rutland.