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What's beauty school really like? Jon Taylor heads to the Salon Professional Academy in Williston to find out — and get his neck waxed.

The town of Essex Junction was covered in ice, but a little before 8 in the morning a few Sundays ago, some 200 men, women and children were filing into a nondescript white building just off Route 15. The lettering beside the double doorway read: “ESSEX ALLIANCE CHURCH. Making Friends out of Strangers.”... Read more

Move over, man’s best friend. According to a 2007 survey conducted by the American Veterinary Medical Association, Americans own almost 82 million pet cats — that’s 10 million more felines than canines. Still, other stats from AVMA indicate Fluffy is less likely than Fido to get regular checkups.

Vets who specialize in cats or work in feline-only clinics want to change that. The American Association of Feline Practitioners is currently engaged in an initiative to — according to its website — “champion the cat and elevate its status across North America.”... Read more

What role should religion play in our public schools? That’s a question Lee Sease, the Addison Central Supervisory Union Superintendent, has had to wrestle with in recent months, after a Middlebury Union High School student filed a lawsuit requesting that a religious club called Youth Alive be given the same recognition and support as other student groups. It’s been a question, as well, for the Williston Central School, which hosts an after-school Christian group for elementary and middle school students called the Good News Club.... Read more

Kat Clear: girly girl or woman of steel? A recent visit to the artist and signmaker’s Williston workshop finds her combining those two personae in one spirited self.... Read more

Human beings have the dubious distinction of knowing when they’re hurt. Endowed with an intricate and wondrous nervous system, we are capable of registering sensations on the wide spectrum between ecstasy and misery. Coupled with that, we have the instinct and ability to fix ourselves when we sense something’s amiss. Ironically, many of the things we trust to keep us safe — bridges and airplanes, for instance — are as dumb as doorknobs. A bridge truss doesn’t know when it’s about to fail, just as a plane’s wing can’t predict its own catastrophic demise.... Read more

Health-food junkies in South Burlington can get their grains on at the new incarnation of Healthy Living. But since November 26, Williston shoppers have been picking up their produce at Natural Provisions on Harvest Lane.... Read more

WILLISTON — At 5 feet tall, 15-year-old Jaz Whitney doesn’t look like a threat to the omnipotent U.S. war machine. But when it comes to military matters, appearances can be deceiving.... Read more

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Are you up to the comics challenge?  Are you prepared to exercise your mighty drawing skills and indulge your inner night owl?

On October 20, in honor of 24 Hour Comics Day, 1,200 novice and experienced cartoonists each drew a 24 page comic in 24 hours. Across the world, there were 87 similar events taking place in 18 countries and 28 US states.... Read more

WILLISTON - Fire Chief Ken Morton gets paid to imagine the unimaginable. For example: A major fire breaks out in one of the big-box stores in Taft Corners. But when the 911 call is dispatched to Williston's first responders, only one firefighter or emergency medical technician arrives at the scene.... Read more