HILLSBOROUGH, N.H. – The Northeast has experienced significant ice storms throughout history, and we may be due for another one. Though we see icing in many winter storms, including recent ones, major ice storms cause widespread damage to forests and infrastructure, and occur in the northeast every 15 to 25[Read More…]
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Mixed Precipitation With First Storm; Heavier Snow With Second
HARDWICK – The steady pace of accumulating snow continued across the region over the past week. Even though we were expecting a weekend snowstorm with higher accumulating amounts, we did pretty well on the accumulation side from multiple rounds of light snow. As of yesterday morning, there was a total[Read More…]
Freezing my Bippy on a Frozen Lake
EAST MONTPELIER – To tell you the truth, I wasn’t looking forward to spending Saturday morning freezing my bippy on a frozen lake in Vermont. Friday had been really windy: windy enough to make Kiki think somebody was coming up the driveway in a large truck. The thought of standing[Read More…]
Addition’s Interior Abuzz with Activity
HARDWICK – For much of the past year, it has been easy for a passer-by to take note of the step-by-step progress made to the Jeudevine Memorial Library addition. A foundation poured, framing erected, walls added, building wrap attached, windows installed, exterior woodwork completed, stone entryways created, entry walkways tiled,[Read More…]
Fear or Forgiveness
SHELBURNE – Dr. Francis Collins in his recent book, “The Road to Wisdom: On Truth, Science, Faith, and Trust,” says there are four significant criteria that can help us decide whether to trust an individual or an institution: integrity, competence, aligned values and humility. He depicts these graphically as four[Read More…]
Bees at Home in Holes and Hollows
BURLINGTON – On a subzero morning, I clip into skis and head out across my meadow, gliding between desiccated husks of sundial lupine (Lupinus perennis) poking up above the snow. I imagine this spot eight months ago, as I watched bumblebees, mason bees and sweat bees forage among them. Back[Read More…]
Spring Is On Its Way
Here in Cornish Flat, this seems like an old fashioned winter. Temperatures have been consistently below freezing, and the ground has had at least a light covering of snow most of the time. No deep snow, the kind that insulates the ground and keeps tender perennials safe, but enough to[Read More…]
Weeks Gone By: Drive Through Big Storm to Victory, Thursday, Feb. 5, 1925
Snow Does Not Prevent H.A. from Storming C.A. Stronghold and Winning CRAFTSBURY – The biggest and most severe snowstorm in six years did not prevent the H.A. [Hardwick Academy] basketeers, with “Bill” Gallagher acting as coach in the absence of E.J. Tiffany, and “Duffy” Lewis, whom Craftsbury selected to referee[Read More…]
More Snow In Store; Temperatures Wobble
HARDWICK – Rapidly fluctuating conditions opened the week and look to persist through the upcoming forecast period. Multiple rounds of snow showers marched through the northeast throughout last week, leaving up to four inches of snow with each burst. East Hardwick’s low on Sunday morning was -23⁰F, with Hardwick reaching[Read More…]
Goons Crashing the Gates
What’s an old fellow to do? My sources of information are letting me down. The news of the day comes into my house mainly via the internet, a New York Times subscription, a couple of local newspapers, and brief sessions with commercial-haunted CNN (insurance of all kinds, mesothelioma lawyers and[Read More…]
Northeastern Hawks Soaring through Winter
BROOKFIELD – Driving on Vermont’s Interstate highways in winter, I often notice large hawks perched in trees on woodland edges at regular intervals along the road. With the stark landscape providing better visibility and many bird species gone for the winter, this is a great time of year to hawk-watch.[Read More…]
Planning a new Garden Bed this Winter
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – The middle of winter, with snow covering brick-hard, frozen ground, may seem like an odd time to plan a new garden bed, but it’s the best time. If making decisions now, the gardener will be ready when the weather warms and the ground is workable. Putting[Read More…]
