by Henry Homeyer CORNISH FLAT, N.H. – Winter is here, and there’s not much for gardeners to do outside. All we can do is sip tea, tend houseplants, and dream of spring. I try to avoid the blahs by making my outdoor environment as cheerful as possible. I love the[Read More…]
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Willem Lange Tells “A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story” on Dec. 19
MONTPELIER – Lost Nation Theater and Willem Lange team up one more time as Lange performs his reading of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story,” at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 19, onstage at Lost Nation Theater (LNT), protected by our state-of-the-art Synexis Air Purification Emmy-Winner Lange has been performing his[Read More…]
Famous and Not-so-Famous Musicians Join for Holiday Concert Benefit
by David Kelley, Community Journalist GREENSBORO – Famous singer song-writer Dave Mallett will be joined by some of Northeastern Vermont’s finest musicians at the Highland Center for the Arts in Greensboro in a special holiday concert to raise funds for the Highland Center’s Arts in Schools Program. The concert will[Read More…]
Otters Among Us
THETFORD – In winter, river otters head upstream into the uplands, seeking areas of fast-moving water that remain open, – at least open enough for an otter to slip into a stream in pursuit of fish. You might catch a brief glimpse of an otter along one of these smaller[Read More…]
FERGUSON McKAY
RUTLAND – Ferguson McKay, 91, devoted husband and loving father, sadly left us on December 2, after a brave battle with Parkinson’s disease. He passed peacefully in his sleep at The Meadows of East Mountain in Rutland. A Renaissance man before that was a thing, Ferg was an English professor,[Read More…]
Salvation Farms Receives Funds to Preserve Produce for Schools
MORRISVILLE – The Henry P. Kendall Foundation’s 2023 New England Food Vision Prize has been granted to Salvation Farms, one of nine award recipients across New England. Salvation Farms’ two-year award of $168,875 will support their creation of a frozen food product line for K-12 schools utilizing locally-grown, surplus crops.[Read More…]
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Holiday Traditions Continue Beneath the Mistletoe
by Deborah J. Benoit, Extension Master Gardener, University of Vermont NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – The mention of mistletoe evokes images of a seasonal kissing ball adorned with its leaves and berries or of someone sneaking a kiss beneath a sprig of mistletoe hanging in a doorway. You probably don’t think[Read More…]
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State Police News
On December 5, at approximately 11:31 p.m., troopers from the Vermont State Police Williston Barracks responded to a residence on North Road in Eden to attempt to locate Nathanael Bagley, of Hardwick. Troopers had reason to believe that Bagley may have been staying at a residence and confirmed that he[Read More…]
Hardwick Police Report
On November 21, Officer Force attempted to issue a citation to vehicle operator Colin Mercier, of Hardwick, who was parked at the Jiffy Mart on Mill Street. Mercier saw the law enforcement officer approaching his vehicle, put the car in drive and drove away, subsequently attempting to elude a law[Read More…]
Walking a Bit Closer to the Edge
by Willem Lange EAST MONTPELIER – My father, raised conservative Dutch Reformed and later ordained an Episcopal priest, never would venture onto a computer or the internet, even when I gave him the computer and showed him how. When I asked him why, his answer was a bit evasive, but[Read More…]
