NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – Each winter, gardeners bid farewell to their outdoor growing spaces and turn their attention to other ways to occupy their days. Magazines and seed catalogs provide inspiration, but there’s nothing like gardening indoors to satisfy the inner gardener. Plant stands with grow lights are a convenient[Read More…]
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Marauding the Moon: Total Lunar Eclipse
READING – While many are still basking in the afterglow of the total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024, a lunar eclipse is about to have its day in the sun. In the early hours of March 14, a total lunar eclipse will be visible across North America. The entire[Read More…]
Gardening in March
CORNISH FLAT, N.H. – Whether March came in like the proverbial lion or lamb for you, March is the time to pay more attention to houseplants. Instead of watering every Sunday, you probably need to water most things twice a week – except for cacti and a few plants that[Read More…]
Increasing Vegetable Plant Diversity with Seeds
BURLINGTON – Choosing seeds and starting transplants are among the most empowering ways to garden. In addition, purchasing unique varieties of seeds encourages growers to keep offering them. As a bonus, diversity in your vegetable garden can give our pollinators and other beneficial insects a wider diet. If looking for the[Read More…]
Rain With Transition Again To Cooler Weather
EAST HARDWICK – Roller coaster temperatures prevailed this past week, with highs soaring into the 40s for multiple days in the forecast period, ending Sunday night with low temperatures in the teens below zero. It was 50F in Morrisville on Tuesday, February 25, then -12F by the morning of Monday,[Read More…]
He’d Have Known
EAST MONTPELIER – The events of this past weekend in the Mad River Valley of Vermont highlighted a well-known, but rarely discussed, feature of Washington, D.C., politics: the tin ear. I like to call it the imperial ear. It listens, but doesn’t hear. Instead, it assumes. And last weekend, it[Read More…]
A Most Harmonious Town Meeting
Important Measures Passed Without Opposition, New Bridge to be Erected, Tax Less Than Last Year. HARDWICK, Thursday, March 5, 1925 — When Moderator, John E. Hancock, Sr., called the annual town meeting to order at ten o’clock Tuesday forenoon, there were just forty people in the building, most of them[Read More…]
Survival in the Cold
HILLSBOROUGH, N.H. – The new year ushered in an Arctic blast that has only recently let up. This extreme plunge in temperature is referred to as a polar vortex. While it may seem that this is a new term, it has been in use since the 1800s. These periods of[Read More…]
Get Ready for Spring with a Garden Party
BOLTON –By this time of the year, it may seem like winter will never end. Many of us are eager to start gardening knowing that spring is right around the corner. While we can’t make the calendar pages turn more quickly, we can get ready for the upcoming gardening season[Read More…]
Former Peace Corps Volunteers Share Strong Spirit of Service
CABOT— Established by President John F. Kennedy in 1960, the Peace Corps organization has been a longtime pillar of volunteer organizations, serving international communities with the mission of promoting world peace and friendship through community-based development and intercultural understanding. Peace Corps Week 2025 is February 23 to March 1. This[Read More…]
A Legally Nonexistent Creation
EAST MONTPELIER – The news, the commentaries, the opinions, and the speculations all flood in here like the water we used to shoot under dormitory doors with dustpans and watering cans. The net effect is hard to ignore. You’d have to be a confirmed Luddite or hermit to be unaware[Read More…]
Warm, Wet With Switch To Subzero Wind Chills
EAST HARDWICK – A little taste of sunshine brought back some moderating temperatures Monday and Tuesday as highs made it into the low to mid 40s. These temperatures arrived on a moderately strong southwest wind on the backside of a high-pressure system. The moderation comes after a start to the[Read More…]
