They just love us over there this week.

Check out this paean to skiing in Vermont in today’s NYT travel section.

Here’s a story from Wednesday about how Middlebury College kids are helping Starksboro residents with their town plan.

And here’s another item from Wednesday — former Vermonter Dwight Garner reviews Bolton cartoonist Alison Bechdel’s new Dykes to Watch Out For anthology. Here’s a snazzy little sampler of the strips on their website.

This article appears in Dec 3-9, 2008.

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