Complaining about rain in Vermont may be like complaining about the heat in Arizona, but this year Vermonters could be forgiven for thinking storm clouds have settled in for good. WCAX weatherman Gary Sadowsky reports that 12.37 inches of rain fell between May 18 and June 11, making that 25-day stretch the wettest in 130 years. And, he notes, “Four of the five wettest Mays have occurred in the 2000s.”... Read more

This weekend, even the White House will encourage American citizens to start hacking. But don’t go changing the password to your email and Facebook accounts. The government isn’t endorsing the kind of hacking that wreaks havoc; it’s promoting “civic hacking,” a new kind of collaborative coding that aims to produce technology to improve communities.... Read more

If children ages 3 to 7 years old in a Brattleboro daycare can change the way they dry their hands for the sake of the environment, so can you. According to Vermontivate, it’s as simple as watching a brief video on how to shake your hands 10 to 12 times after washing, then use just one paper towel to dry off completely.... Read more

How hard can it be to give away a house? In this economy, you’d think a free home would be snatched up in seconds. But when it comes with a sign that reads, “FREE HOUSE! You move it!” things start to get a bit complicated.

Located on Route 302 in Barre — the exact address is 781 North Main Street — the modest little pastel-green house looks sadly out of place sandwiched between Packard Street and the self-service Rub-A-Dub Car Wash. According to nearby business owners, the house has sported its “FREE” sign for nearly a year.... Read more

“You call blowing up a mountaintop ‘green’?” That’s what Mary desperately asks a power-company representative in writer-director Lesley Becker’s new play, Winds of Change, which has four performances this week at Burlington’s Off Center for the Dramatic Arts.... Read more

When learning a new language in school, students are usually graded on pronunciation, spelling, translation and grammar. When Elizabeth Bjerke, 34, worked her way through the National Technical Institute for the Deaf, a college of the Rochester Institute of Technology, to become an American Sign Language-English interpreter, she was graded not just on the movement of her hands but on how she used her entire body, even her eyebrows.... Read more

Like many Hinesburg residents, you may have driven past the town’s newest restaurant, the Hinesburgh Public House, and wondered how owners Will and Kathleen Patten must feel about the major typo in its name: the extra “h” at the end of “Hinesburg.”... Read more