SCHENECTADY, N.Y. – Vermont’s newest Market 32 location was officially opened, Friday, Jan. 16, following the completion of a full conversion of the former Price Chopper supermarket at Route 15 and Munson Ave., Morrisville. The more than 53,000-square-foot store becomes the 52nd Market 32-branded location across the regional grocer’s six-state[Read More…]
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Opportunity to limit ICE
To the editor: Our U.S. Constitution gives people in our country the right to peaceably assemble. It promises free speech rights. It assigns to Congress the powers of declaring war and making the rules concerning captures on land and water. It protects us from unreasonable search and seizures. These rights,[Read More…]
Petitions due for town positions
To the editor: There is no better time than now. Be part of Greensboro’s solutions. Greensboro residents have a week left to raise their batons and help lead the community into the future. Petitions need to be handed into the town clerk’s office by January 26 and you only need[Read More…]
2001: It can’t just be me?
HARDWICK – When I was eleven, I found a VHS tape in the upstairs bedroom of my grandmother’s home. The tape, titled “2001: A Space Odyssey,” was Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 epic science fiction film. I was curious, naturally, having heard Kubrick’s name in the cultural zeitgeist growing up. So I watched[Read More…]
Somewhere there’s an audacious reporter
EAST MONTPELIER – Political historian Heather Cox Richardson, author of the daily newsletter “Letters from an American,” opined the other day that the news of the past week has seemed to be breaking faster than ever. From the invasion of Venezuela and kidnapping of its president and first lady, to[Read More…]
Montpelier, The Big Picture
MONTPELIER – The Legislature reconvened on January 6, with education reform being a top priority. That said, 115 new bills (a number still growing) have been compiled and assigned to various committees, including one from a Burlington representative that would establish a 10-member task force to investigate UFO sightings in[Read More…]
Economic ripples put pressure on Vermont
MONTPELIER – Vermont is under real and growing pressure, much of it driven by decisions made far beyond our borders. Tariffs, federal cutbacks and abrupt policy shifts are colliding with an already fragile state economy, intensifying stresses on working families, farmers, municipalities and small businesses. This is not abstract. Vermonters[Read More…]
The quiet work of local review
HARDWICK – In village centers and along familiar roads, development rarely feels abstract. It arrives as a new building near a town green, a change to a well-known corner, or a proposal that raises questions about traffic or neighborhood character. In towns of all sizes, these moments bring a mix[Read More…]
How to help Evening Grosbeaks and Researchers
Vermont Center for Ecostudies WHITE RIVER JUNCTION – Every holiday season, my family and I spend a weekend day cutting down our Christmas tree. We like to go to a local place about 45 minutes away in New Hampshire. The owner used to be a wetlands scientist, and you can[Read More…]
The winter garden, full of interest, beauty
CABOT – The winter garden is an underrated joy. Even in the deepest part of winter, a garden can be full of interest and beauty, full of different heights and textures and colors. If you would like to enjoy your garden year-round, the key is to incorporate trees, shrubs, and[Read More…]
Family dance sessions, Jan 24
WOODBURY – Karen Mueller-Harding leads dances and singing games from American and English traditions at the Woodbury Community Library beginning January 24, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.. Activities will be age-appropriate and accessible to everyone. Mueller-Harding runs the family-friendly Cabot Community Contra dance and Cabot Community Theater and is a member[Read More…]
Winter market begins, Jan. 25
HARDWICK – The 2026 Hardwick community winter market series begins on Sunday, Jan. 25. All are invited to join from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Hazen Union High School,126 Hazen Union Drive.These markets are a partnership between the Hardwick Farmers Market, the Center for an Agricultural Economy and Hazen Union[Read More…]
