The Waterville School Board has decided to hire a full-time interim principal for the town's elementary school to step in for Emilie Smith, who resigned Sept.

The University of Vermont's Proctor Maple Research Center is planning a beginner's workshop for people who want to learn how to make maple sugar - or how to do it better.

Anthocyanin influence on light absorption within juvenile and senescing sugar maple leaves a ' do anthocyanins function as photoprotective visible light screens? Abby K. van den Berg A , C , Thomas C. Vogelmann B and Timothy D. Perkins A A Proctor Maple Research Center, The University of Vermont, PO Box 233, Underhill Center, VT 05490, USA.

While it's more of a hope than a possible reality at this point, a small group of West Brattleboro residents is pushing forward with a vision to transform their strip of Route 9 from a busy thoroughfare into a pedestrian-friendly New England village.

UNDERHILL CENTER - Vermont maple syrup, donated by producers across Vermont, is on its way to Vermont troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, Vermont Agency of Agriculture officials said today.