Student protest

Students at Vermont’s oldest secondary school, Thetfford Academy, joined thousands of others in protesting the fourth anniversary of the Iraq War . Commentator and teacher Joe Deffner offers his thoughts on why this one was a little different.

Steelers

Commentator Joe Deffner will be in church twice tomorrow – once in the morning and later in the day around kickoff time for the Super Bowl.

Chicken pie suppas

When commentator Joe Deffner moved recently, he found himself feeling nostalgic, not just about his old house, but about a couple of buildings just across the street from it.

Back to school

As the students and teachers head back to school this week, commentator and teacher Joe Deffner remembers one of his first teaching assignments.

Fly fishing

Now that school’s out for the summer, teacher and writer Joe Deffner has time for summer’s more leisurely pursuits of reading, house projects, and of course, fishing and fishing companions.

Graduation Day

Like many towns across the state, Thetford has had a hard time passing a school budget this year, but Commentator Joe Deffner says that for a couple of hours today all the debates will be set aside.