Staff Blog
Summer Escape: Meditation
A New York Times opinion piece entitled “The ‘Busy’ Trap” by Tim Kreider has put the American work ethic under a microscope as of late.
The article has been re-blogged countless times all over the Internet and has created...
Summer Escape: Open Water Swimming
MIDDLEBURY — Monday, July 2, brought this year’s Olympic swimming trials to a close. Audience members in Omaha saw some of the most decorated athletes in the world compete for the top three spots in each event, in hopes of taking them...
Staff blog: Food systems on video
The UVM "Necessary [r]evolution for Sustainable Food Systems" last week was an afternoon-long, TEDx-style event that delved into policy, nutrition, education, and agriculture.
You can read the article here, but to get a full picture of...
Staff blog: Spring photo contest winners!
Thank you to all who submitted to our spring photo contest! We had a lot of fun looking at all of them, and picking out our favorites was tough.
First place: Monica McEnerny shot this photo of the inside of this red tulip in her backyard in...
Staff Blog: Vergennes Graduation Video
On June 8, 2012, 111 seniors from Vergennes Union High School marched across the stage to accept their diplomas in front of an audience packed full of family and friends. RETN was on hand to record the graduation. If you missed it, or if you...
Middlebury Trailrunner: Fathers' Day on Scrag Mountain
Starting around 15 years ago, I began exploring the Mad River Valley while visiting family members who have a home in the area. One of my first discoveries was Scrag Mountain, the modest peak which is nonetheless the most prominent geographical...
Middlebury Trailrunner: The Ridge Trail
The warm weather of the Memorial Day weekend gave me a great excuse to explore some more new terrain in the vicinity of my favorite local backcountry destination, Silver Lake. Most of my trips into the Silver Lake backcountry have begun at the...
Staff Blog: Yuki Takeda, whistling champion
Yuki Takeda isn't your average casual whistler. Earlier this month, he returned from the International Whistlers Conference in Louisburg, North Carolina with a third place trophy.
Takeda, a Middlebury College sophomore, has been attending...
Weather Watch: Mountain Snow; a Desert Night
The odd winter weather seems to have carried over into spring.
Last week, persistent wet cold winds pushed into Vermont from the northwest. These winds brought just clouds and drizzle to the valleys, but on the highest peaks a blizzard was raging....
Data head: Free and reduced-price lunch data
Over the last eight years, the number of students participating in the Vermont free and reduced-price meal program has skyrocketed (click here for the full story).
As data from the Vermont Department of Education reveals, the percentage of...