GOOD MORNING, UPPER VALLEY!
Cold but calm out there today, high in the 20s. It'll be getting chillier for a few days as what the weather service calls the "highlight of the week" -- an arctic airmass -- settles over the region tonight. But even then we're just talking single digits above zero at night. Pshaw!Stern's Produce may re-open as customer-owned co-op. Owner Keith Stern is looking for a board, would stay on as produce-shopper-in-chief. And in other not-closing news, Great View Skating Rink may remain a skating rink. The Enfield venue had announced last year it was morphing into a pet resort. Competitive artistic roller skaters are rejoicing. Yes, of course that's a thing!Leb Chamber pulls plug on Home Life Expo. It came down to one question for exhibitors and visitors: Why go to the trouble when you can just go online? (VN: Subscription required.)Norris Cotton researchers' algorithm identifies lung cancers on par with pathologists. They used machine learning to identify cancer subtypes from imaging. Dartmouth prof collaborates with Montshire to develop STEM "kits" for rural schools. "The idea is if they can't have out of school science in their community, we will bring the science to them," she says.Okay, it's an epidemic: Another VT college announces it's closing.This time it's Southern Vermont College in Bennington. It joins Green Mountain College; Rutland's College of St. Joseph, which is losing its accreditation; and Goddard College, which is on probation.Judge bats down VT school districts' anti-merger hopes. The districts had argued the forced mergers are unconstitutional. The judge, in Franklin County, said they hadn't met the standard for a temporary injunction--and suggested he doesn't see much merit in the merits, either.NH bankruptcies dip again after scary January. After a sudden jump to kick off the year, filings in February were lowest for a February since 1989. Most of these were households. One of the businesses? Blodgett's Sash & Door in Lebanon.SO... GOT PLANS TONIGHT?For instance, you could think about going to Mars. Former astronaut Jay Buckey, who runs the Space Medicine Innovations lab at Geisel, will be at the Montshire to talk about what it'll take to get you there. Or there's always Taco Tuesdays at Latham House, or the weekly acoustic jam at The Filling Station. Otherwise... what is it with Tuesday nights?But the big thing is, if you live in Vermont, don't forget to vote today! See you tomorrow.
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