GOOD MORNING, UPPER VALLEY!
At least it starts as snow. But sadly, it doesn't end there. It's a two-part storm, and it's almost definitely going to have an effect on travel. The front end will bring 2-4 inches of snow. But then there's a layer of warm air filtering in up there, which will bring sleet and, later, freezing rain for a big chunk of today and tonight. There could be some ice accumulation tonight. Temps high 20s, low 30s. More tomorrow, but we'll talk about that (power willing) then.Well, except to say that the real snow will be coming tomorrow. Weather Service map shows expected totals higher north and west.Enfield volunteers help Chase's Auto Salvage after fire. The blaze at Dick Chase's business on Route 4A, near Boys Camp Road, erupted Friday after sparks from an exhaust system in a vehicle that was being worked on hit a flammable liquid. Since then, community members have dug through the rubble, cleaned up the remains, begun repairing the office, and launched a fundraiser to help the Chase family. Chase himself arrived Sunday morning to find "it so packed with friends and community members that it was hard to find a parking spot," writes the VN's Anna Merriman.JAGFest lineup: family, identity... and a troublesome snake deity. The annual showcase for new theater works by African-American writers starts tomorrow in WRJ. It features works by four NYC playwrights and South Burlington's Isaiah Hines, who's now a junior at Columbia. Seven Days has a preview.Hanover High students present climate action plan, question presidential candidates at Concord "Youth Climate Town Hall." The event was organized by the Hubbard Brook Research Foundation, the Revers Center for Energy at Tuck, and Stonyfield Organics. Casey McGuire and Catherine Bregou, students in Jeannie Kornfeld's environmental studies class, were chosen to question Republican Bill Weld (McGuire) and Democrat Tom Steyer (Bregou). The day's video at the link, NHPR's coverage here.New Windsor Co. state's attorney steeped in his home turf. Ward Goodenough, who was named last week to replace David Cahill, doesn't just live in Woodstock. His mother is Alison Clarkson, one of the county's three state senators; his father is VLS prof Oliver Goodenough. “Growing up in Windsor County gives me a unique perspective on its criminal cases,” Ward tells writer Virginia Dean in a Mountain Times profile. ”I...feel a deep sense of obligation to serve this county and protect it from threats to public safety."SPONSORED: "Let It Go!" Admit it — you’ve sung this line from Frozen. And even if you never saw that Disney juggernaut, you’ve heard Idina Menzel’s 500-megawatt belt (“Belt”? Look it up). So prepare yourself for “Into the Unknown,” Menzel’s big number in Frozen 2 — on the big screen, with speakers that mean business, at the Hop on February 7. Warning: One phrase can power the entire New England grid. Sponsored by the Hopkins Center for the Arts.Dartmouth's newest academic building? Anonymous Hall. The renovated building on the campus's north end, formerly Dana Hall, was stripped down to its girders, re-clad in terra cotta and glass, and re-named — at the request of its anonymous lead donor — for all the anonymous donors to the college. It houses the Guarini School of Graduate and Advanced Studies and several academic departments.Digging into the details on the proposed Dresden tax increases. Kari Asmus, chair of Hanover's Finance Committee, writes in to say that the numbers in yesterday's VN story need clarification. The problem, she says, is that the article mixed apples and oranges: the tax rate increase for Norwich (4%+) includes the impacts of both Dresden and Norwich budget proposals, while the 1.1 percent figure for Hanover includes only the Dresden budget proposal. More at the link.Hartford Elks building to become Praise Chapel community center. The stately old Elks Lodge on Route 14 was bought by the neighboring church in December with help from the VT Economic Development Authority. Praise Chapel plans to expand its Cornerstone Community Center — which hosts youth after-school activities, summer camps, a child care center, and a food pantry — add a wi-fi café around the original horseshoe bar, rent out space, and host a culinary career academy. (VN)VT House falls one vote short of family leave override. House members yesterday voted 99-51 in favor of override Gov. Phil Scott's veto of the legislature's mandatory family and medical leave bill; they needed 100 votes to enact the bill — with the Senate's expected agreement — into law. Several Democrats remained steadfast in their opposition.Inter-agency confusion in VT delays water pollution enforcement. Two agencies — Agriculture and Natural Resoures — share responsibility for regulating runoff from farms. But, reports VPR's John Dillon, "records show that cases are tossed back and forth between the two bureaucracies, even when evidence seems to be compelling. Sometimes pollution can continue to flow for months."Heads up: Bears may be active this winter. That word comes from VT Fish & Wildlife bear biologist Forrest Hammond, who notes that bears head for their dens when food is scarce, and this winter it's not scarce. Late-autumn foods, including acorns and winter berries, are still plentiful, with little snow to cover them (until now, anyway). “So people who go hiking with their dogs need to realize that with little snow this winter, bears are more vulnerable to being disturbed by free-roaming dogs,” Hammond says.
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"You’re seven years old," Shaker Bridge explains. "Mum’s in hospital. Dad says she’s 'done something stupid.' She finds it hard to be happy. So you start to make a list of everything that’s brilliant about the world." Starting with ice cream and Kung Fu movies. When it ran in Chicago last year, the
Tribune
reviewer wrote, "A really beautiful, kind and lovable little show that, in the 72 hours since I left the theater, has buoyed me, amused me, warmed me and challenged me." 7:30 pm tonight, through Feb. 23.
She's co-chair of the national Poor People's Campaign, which builds on the original version "to confront...systemic racism, poverty, militarism, environmental devastation and the nation’s distorted moral narrative." 5:30 pm in Room 3 of Dartmouth's Rockefeller Center.
Savall is a legend, a master of the viola da gamba (the six- or seven-stringed precursor of modern string instruments) and founder of vocal and instrumental ensembles that have revived and reimagined nearly lost music of past centuries. Tonight at the Hop, he and two groups he founded explore music of 16th-century Iberia, when Spain was a crossroads and its music reflected African, Northern European and Sephardic influences. 7:30 pm.
And speaking of Savall, here's
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