Peter Diamondstone

Denise Barnard's state Senate campaign got an assist from outgoing state Sen. Jim Condos and Joshua Handverger can probably call the week a draw since he appears on both sides of this week's Winners & Losers column. Find out who else made the list and why. | CLICK HERE

Gov. Jim Douglas (R-Middlebury), House Speaker Gaye Symington (D-Jericho) and Anthony Pollina (I-Middlesex) squared off in their first gubernatorial debate yesterday evening in Waitsfield, sparing over environmental issues and food policy for over an hour.

The three major candidates presented their positions and defended their records on everything from fuel to the food they had eaten that day.