To help get us into the spirit of the Annual National Day of Listening, commentator Bill Schubart has one of his favorite well-told tales – about the time his great Aunt Rose came to visit.
A big crowd is expected in Burlington this afternoon for a forum about how federal economic stimulus money will be handed out; the University of Vermont has agreed to pay $325,000 to settle a lawsuit filed after a fatal car crash;
This economy has people in Vermont’s arts scene looking at practical
questions of keeping community theater, gallery exhibitions and music festivals in business. Also, two Vermont rivers may earn the congressional designation of "wild and scenic." And VPR’s Steve Zind continues our series of reports from Iran.
Christmas Eve fire destroys historic building in Fairfax; new regulations concern Vermont’s handmade toy industry; in VPR’s continuing series, Sounds of 2008, water flow after a dam excavation in Northfield.
Public radio’s own, Garrison Keillor, headlined the Champlain Valley Fair at the end of the summer.
He brought "A Prairie Home Companion” – along with all of the stories, jokes and music – before a sellout crowd.
The job is an important one, because the speaker chooses the makeup of the committees and which bills will be considered where. And the job has evolved over the years.