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The Beaver Dam After Irene

Is The Score Even?

By Ruth on September 18, 2011

On a beautiful May evening last year, the beaver dam in Adamant village broke open letting a wall of water pour through the town. It destroyed the road and flooded the basement of a woman’s house, ruining her furnace. There are two ponds, one on each side of the crossroads that is the center of […]

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A Week Later

A Week Later

By Ruth on September 4, 2011

It’s a steamy, overcast day, a week after Vermont’s disastrous floods. You might think we were back to summer, until you looked around. Then you see that the green is not so green, that there’s starting to be some yellow in the leaves and grass. The air seems different. The crows are gathering into groups. […]

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