EAST HARDWICK — The calendar is showing July, but the upcoming forecast period will quickly transition to conditions that feel like mid-September. This comes in the wake of a week where temperatures were all over the place, with some highs approaching 90 degrees and a comfortable night where lows dipped[Read More…]
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Universal Explosion of Growing Green
EAST MONTPELIER – The roof ridge of my house runs almost exactly east and west. I canted it about three degrees off, to 267 degrees west, so as to orient long face of the house due south with a slight nod to the morning sun for earlier solar heat, and[Read More…]
The Neighborhood of God Depends on You
EAST CRAFTSBURY – I wouldn’t be a Presbyterian pastor if I didn’t occasionally mention Presbyterian pastor, Mr. Rogers. For decades, Mr. (not going by Rev.) Rogers had a PBS show filmed from a Pittsburgh studio, “Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood.” You can pinpoint exactly where it was filmed in Studio A at[Read More…]
Weeks Gone By
Local Lumps, July 30, 1025 Miss Helen Jackson is employed in East Burke. Albert Cox has been in Bangor, Me., this week. Miss Isadel Clark is camping at Caspian Lake for a time. Mrs. Benjamin Watt of St. Johnsbury is a guest at Fred Taylor’s. Junior Clark of Hyde Park[Read More…]
What Makes Blueberries Blue?
EAST CORINTH − Every summer I go blueberry picking and I notice the many colors of blueberries, from the luminous indigo of unpicked berries on a bush, which turn nearly black after handling, to the deep red-purple stain they leave on fingers and fabric. What makes these berries so colorful?[Read More…]
Summer Gardening Means Something New Daily
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. − The celebration of summer is underway, bringing with it peak gardening season. Every day there’s something new to harvest and enjoy. Perennial flowers are in bloom. Blueberries and tomatoes are ripening. Soon you’ll be offering extra veggies to the neighbors. Warmer weather also brings with it[Read More…]
Weather Watch, Warning Explained
VERMONT − On July 25, Vermont Emergency Management (VEM) explained the difference between a Weather Watch and a Weather Warning from the National Weather Service, with pizza as an example. A Watch means all the ingredients are present but there’s no pizza. Conditions are favorable for something to happen —[Read More…]
This One Hasn’t Been Scripted
EAST MONTPELIER − It’s been 92 years since the radio show, “Ma Perkins,” first aired in the United States. There probably aren’t many of us who remember it, which may be a blessing. Its modest daily domestic drama was sponsored by Procter & Gamble’s Oxydol laundry detergent, inspiring the term,[Read More…]
Roller Coaster Ride of Temperatures; Seasonable by Weekend
EAST HARDWICK – Last week’s temperatures peaked in the upper 80s and low 90s on Thursday. The Route 14 weather station just west of Hardwick Lake reported a heat index of 96 degrees by afternoon. This heat occurred ahead of a cold front that brought multiple rounds of thunderstorms with[Read More…]
The Hardwick Gazette, July 23, 1925
HARDWICK − Local Lumps: During the electrical storm which hit this place about 4:30 last Thursday afternoon, lightning struck the chimney on N. J. Coburn’s house on Wolcott Street and badly damaged it. This was about all the damage that was done in this village, although in the nearby towns[Read More…]
The Ripple Effect is Wide
CRAFTSBURY − I imagine we’re all familiar with the ripple effect. Drop a stone of any size into a pond, and watch the ripples feather out from the point of impact. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to imagine the many ripples affecting us, emanating from us, moving toward and[Read More…]
The Real Story of the Viceroy and the Monarch
MILLBROOK, N.Y. – On a warm summer morning, you’re sitting in your yard enjoying a slow moment, when a flash of color catches your eye. Bright orange and black wings dance through the air before alighting on a purple coneflower. There’s a good chance your first thought is “monarch butterfly.”[Read More…]
