Learning to drive is a rite of passage and huge responsibility for the
5,500 or so teens who get junior operator licenses each year in Vermont.
Now, a new guide from the Vermont Department of Motor Vehicles aims to
help parents reinforce safety lessons as their teens get behind the
wheel.
We explore the cultural questions of homeownership and the issues of
owning a home versus renting, hear from last year’s Hackathon contest
and learn about a program that provides 10 new books each year to
elementary school students.
Horticulturist Charlie Nardozzi joins us for Vermont Edition’s annual fall gardening show to
share tips on fall lawn care, storing the harvest, saving seeds, fall planting
and getting ready for next season.
We examine how the $500 million in investments in the Northeast Kingdom
could affect the region, and we look back to the days when the region relied on fire towers on the mountaintops to spot forest blazes.
We look at the nature of the dangerous bacterial infection, C. diff, its causes, symptoms, prevalence in area hospitals and what can be done to stop its spread and we listen to the oral history of Tropical Storm Irene.