October 19, 2026 Brad Ferland talks home heating, midterm elections with Bruce Roy, and Stephen Russel Payne's new book
Vermont ViewpointShow Notes
Matt Cota, with Meadow Hill Consulting talks about Campaign season, Winter season, Affordability season
Bruce Roy Senate Candidate for Chittenden Southeast Bruce Roy is a Republican running for the Vermont State Senate representing the Chittenden Southeast District (covering Williston, Hinesburg, St. George, Shelburne, Charlotte, Jericho, Underhill, Bolton, Richmond, and parts of South Burlington).
Author Stephen Russel Payne's New book: Almost April Under unimaginable circumstances, ALMOST APRIL is a dramatic coming-of-age love story that brings together a beautiful Olympic-hopeful skater and an old sheriff, Harry Thurber, and his wonderful wife, Bea. Set along Lake Champlain, the relationships that develop out of tragedy are as beautiful and challenging as the Vermont landscape in which the story is set. Payne is the author of Cliff Walking, Ties that Bind Us, Riding My Guitar, Life on a Cliff, You Were Always There, and Almost April.
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