In 2022, the Lanpher Memorial Library in Hyde Park installed a "wind phone" — a nonoperational rotary phone with a heart in the center of the dial — to allow patrons to "call" those who have died. Originating in Japan, wind phones have spread around the world. Many community members have utilized the cozy space, including Emily Neilsen and former representative Kate Donnally. In 2010, garden designer Itaru Sasaki of Japan installed a telephone booth in his...
April is National Poetry Month — and the perfect time to visit Montpelier, as the Capital City transforms into PoemCity. Organized by the Kellogg-Hubbard Library, this year's event features 450 poems displayed in the windows of 50 downtown businesses. The poets range in age from 3 to 94, include 200 students and represent 75 towns. Rounding out the monthlong celebration are 35 community events and poetry readings. In her latest episode of "Stuck in Vermont," Seven Days senior multimedia...
Lompoc Public Library System’s Village Library announced it will be offering a "seed library" program.
When Parwinder Grewal, then-president of Vermont State University, announced his plan in February 2023 to eliminate most of the physical books from the state college system's libraries and switch to an all-digital library, students, faculty and staff described his decision in many ways, none of them flattering: "shocking," "embarrassing," "surreal," "patriarchal" "ableist" and "a joke," to name a few. For the students in Sam Davis-Boyd's documentary filmmaking class at VTSU–Castleton,...
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Pope Francis made his first trip outside Rome in seven months on Sunday, visiting a prison for women in Venice ahead of a mass in the city. The Pope has not travelled since visiting the French city
Clemson is firmly in the mix for one of its top offensive line targets for 2025. Mal Waldrep, a 4-star out of Phenix City (AL) Central, has been a favored targe
The popular services will relocate to the Undergraduate and Davis libraries, respectively, for greater access.
The Wisconsin Department of Justice Office of School Safety was created in 2018 in response to the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, where 17 lives were lost.
By MICHAEL R. BLOOD AP Political Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nearly two months after the election, a recount settled the outcome in a Northern California U.S. House primary contest. The results in the 16th Congressional District south of San Francisco snapped a mathematically improbable tie for second place but also spotlighted the long stretch
Two months to count election ballots? California's long tallies turn election day into weeks, months
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nearly two months after the election, a recount settled the outcome in a Northern California U.S. House primary contest, breaking a mathematically improbable tie for second place but also spotlighting the lengthy stretch it took count the votes. Most California residents vote by mail, and in the pursuit of accuracy, thoroughness […]