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Aberra, 53, came to the U.S. from Addis Ababa in 1973 to study commercial art at Green Mountain College in Vermont. Four months after she arrived, the Ethiopian government collapsed, and her diplomat father was imprisoned, leaving Aberra without any financial resources. She moved to Boston to live with her half sister and took a job waitressing in a hamburger joint. After she was fired for speaking too softly, Aberra found another gig, as a cashier at a small coffee shop at the Harvard Science Center, but dreamed of becoming a clothing designer. "I always made my own clothes when...
...boats taking first and third-places, respectively.PRIDDY TROPHYThe freshman-only Priddy Trophy at Mass Maritime saw 17 teams compete in a single division, with the Crimson taking fourth-place overall. Skipper Drew Robb and crew Hyunjin Kim sailed for Harvard, scoring 73 points on the weekend. Roger Williams, Vermont, and Boston College finished 1-2-3.“We didn’t sail as well as we would have liked to,” Kim said. “We had higher expectations.”Only 12 total races took place, thanks mostly to a very light...
...August 25, 2006: Essex, Vermont A gunman looking for an old girlfriend bursts into a Vermont elementary school and kills a teacher...
...SSNE got me thinking. If New England really hates America so much, it should just leave. Honestly, I think America could live without Connecticut, Rhode Island (not actually an island), Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont. It is rather unfortunate Maine would have to go—they seem pleasant—but as a nation, we could recover...
...Cooperative Loon Program successfully lobbied New York State to ban the sale of small lead fishing weights after studies showed ducks, loons, and other waterfowl were mistakenly filling their gizzards with lethal lead sinkers. Other anti-lead fishing regulations are also in place in Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont...