Jun 16, 2011 | BurlingtonFreePress.com
Burlington student wins Hildene essay contest
'If Lincoln was willing to tolerate slavery in the southern states, why was he so vehemently opposed to its extension into the territories?' This is the question that 112 eighth-graders from around Vermont answered this year in a nonfiction essay of no more than 500 words for the fifth annual Lincoln Essay Competition held by Hildene, The Lincoln ...
Hildene announces essay winners
This year's luncheon honoring the winners of Hildene's fifth annual Lincoln Essay Competition was held beside the formal garden on Sunday, May 22 on the terrace at The Lincoln Family Home.
Wounded Eagle Takes Flight 11min
A young bald eagle that was wounded by a shotgun blast in northern Vermont almost two months ago is back in the wild.
Rutland Mental Health Services has the help wanted sign out. The organization is looking for ten people.
NH authorities still searching for kayaker
The New Hampshire Fish and Game Department and other agencies are continuing to search for a Vermont kayaker presumed drowned in the Connecticut River.