EAST MONTPELIER – In recent years, how many of us have found ourselves shaking our heads and bemoaning how Christmas appears to be in retrograde motion, creeping backwards ever closer to Thanksgiving? More recently, I find my head not just shaking, but spinning, as I try to wrap it around[Read More…]
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2025’s words of the year reflect a year of digital disillusionment
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Which terms best represent 2025? Every year, editors for publications ranging from the Oxford English Dictionary to the Macquarie Dictionary of Australian English select a “word of the year.” Sometimes these terms are thematically related, particularly in the wake of world-altering events. “Pandemic,” “lockdown” and “coronavirus,” for[Read More…]
Weeks Gone By, Dec. 10 1925
ADAMANT ––– Services in the church next Sunday at the usual hour. Earl Slayton took a truckload of Christmas trees to Plainfield last week. C.E. Carlson and wife were in Worcester Sunday. Leona Baldwin was taken to the Heaton Hospital, Montpelier, Sunday night, and was operated on Monday morning. Messrs.[Read More…]
Trappers and educators protect Vermont against invasive beetle
VERMONT – Across six sites in Vermont’s forests, Savannah Ferreira and her team of trappers are on the lookout for six-legged invaders. If the rogues establish a stronghold here, they will pillage tree habitats and hold sugar producers hostage. The trappers cloak lures in forest camouflage to spring on their[Read More…]
Holiday gifts for gardeners
CORNISH FLAT, N.H. – New England skies in winter are often cloudy and dark, accompanied by sleet, slush, rain or snow. The sun sleeps late and goes to bed early. Gardeners sometimes give up and go to Florida. Not me, but there is much I do to make the holidays[Read More…]
Hall honored as 2025 UVM Outstanding Educator
BURLINGTON – Melissa Hall, a first grade teacher at Hardwick Elementary School, was recently honored as a 2025 UVM Outstanding Educator at the awards ceremony on October 27, at the University of Vermont’s Dudley H. Davis Center. Each year, UVM, in coordination with the Agency of Education, celebrates outstanding teachers[Read More…]
“Santa Camp” local film, Dec. 11
MARSHFIELD – Thursday, Dec. 11, beginning at 6 p.m., the Jaquith Public Library will screen the movie “Santa Camp”, starring Marshfield resident Fin Ciappara. Ciappara had a dream of learning how to be a professional Santa, and he went to Santa Camp in Greenfield, N.H., to learn how. After the movie,[Read More…]
Drinks for Democracy, Thursday, Dec. 11
HARDWICK – From 5:30 to 7 p.m., “Drinks for Democracy” will be held at Positive Pie, Thursday, Dec. 11, at 87 S Main St. “Drinks for Democracy” is a pre-holiday social gathering hosted by Indivisible Hardwick. There will be some talk about what Indivisible Hardwick is up to, but the gathering will mostly welcome new faces, celebrate the season[Read More…]
Women’s holiday luncheon, Dec. 13
GREENSBORO – The Women’s Holiday Luncheon at Greensboro United Church of Christ returns on Saturday, Dec. 13, at noon, welcoming neighbors of all ages. The luncheon features a homemade meal, decorative table settings and live seasonal music. After lunch, those who wish are invited to gather around the piano to sing[Read More…]
Winter concert, Dec. 13
CRAFTSBURY – Craftsbury students are working with music teachers Jonathan Chatfield and Jeffrey Reinhardt on choral pieces for the winter concert on the Craftsbury Common on Saturday, Dec. 13. The schedule includes a spaghetti dinner fundraiser sponsored by the 8th grade class from 4:30 to 7 p.m.; at 6 p.m.;[Read More…]
Holiday festival of light and fun, Dec. 14
MARSHFIELD – This Sunday, Dec. 14, from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m., the Jaquith Public Library will host a holiday festival. Celebrate the holidays with cookie decorating, holiday card creating and lantern makingollowed by a candle-lit lantern solstice spiral walk outside with Erin Barry. More info is at www.jaquithpubliclibrary.org or by calling[Read More…]
Community meal, cookie distribution planned, Dec. 14
EAST HARDWICK – The “Great December East Hardwick Cookie Event” expands this year, with cookie distribution to homes in and around the village to be held on Sunday, Dec. 14. On Sunday there will be a fire pit going at around noon on the river at 35 Main Street where[Read More…]
