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Catching up with Liz Stephen, Off-Snow - Carrie Baker

Carrie Baker, one of our in-house Spokes at Muscles Not Motors, sat down with Olympian, cross-country skier and MNM Spoke Liz Stephen to talk about her rockin’ ski season that just ended in April. During Liz's short visit home to Vermont, they enjoyed some spicy Thai food on a sunny day – a nice contrast to Liz’s winter on snow. MNM: Liz, welcome home for a short break before you start up your season again! We followed you and the entire U.S. team this season and it seemed like a home run – can…

My Saturday Unplugged - Dan Mahoney

As we are all still trying to digest the horrific atrocities that occurred at the Boston Marathon this year, I wanted to share an experience I had just two days before this all occurred. I decided to give back and get some extra credit in the good karma bank by volunteering for bike patrol for the RunVermont Half Marathon Unplugged.

The Unplugged is a training race for a lot of runners for the Keybank Vermont City Marathon. It starts in Airport Park in Colchester and snakes through a few neighborhoods and cul-de-sacs before entering the Island Line…

Become a Literacy Coach for Kids

Back to school! Across the country, kids are headed back to class, teachers are headed back to their classrooms, and families are getting back into their school-year routines of sports practices, early bedtimes, and homework.

Reading is a common element of homework at any grade level. The ability to read lots of different kinds of texts – recipes, appliance directions, newspapers, websites – is a critical skill for success in the world. Fun fiction and informative non-fiction can open up new avenues of imagination and opportunity at any age.

Reading is a skill, and like…