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Robin Allen LaPlante moved to Vermont in 2018. She shares some of what she's learned during her first seven years — featuring mud roads, trips to the trash transfer station and being a "flatlander."
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"I was in perfect … synchronization with the sun and the moon. And it feels so good, right?" Julio Desmont said. "I’m so happy. The eclipse is something else."
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The Vermont Senate has lost one of its most respected and influential members, and his departure signals a potentially generational change in the chamber.
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The parking lot of the Green Mountain Mall in St. Johnsbury was opened up to eclipse watchers, including some RVs that were parked there overnight.
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Thousands of visitors came to northern Vermont to see the eclipse under mostly clear skies, many having changed their plans at the last minute.
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Around 3:25 this afternoon northwestern Vermont will be plunged into darkness for about three minutes as the moon completely covers the sun. State officials estimate that 160,000 people could come to Vermont to view this once-in-a-generation celestial event.
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Vermont towns in the path of totality have a unique and, for some, daunting opportunity to capitalize on the thousands of visitors who will be visiting to see the April 8 eclipse. The small border community of Alburgh is taking a chance and throwing a big party.
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For months, Vermonters have been firming up plans for Monday’s total solar eclipse — it’s for many folks a once-in-a generation event that won’t happen again in North America until 2044. Others, including Dartmouth College astronomer John Thorstensen, have been down this celestial road before. He spoke to Vermont Public's Mitch Wertlieb about his eclipse experiences, viewing them safely, and they factor into scientific research.
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How students at an Addison County school are learning about this once-in-a-lifetime phenomenon.
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Host Mary Williams Engisch spoke to Valley News reporter Patrick Adrian about the proposal, which would shift mail sorting from White River Junction to Hartford, Connecticut.