Ronald Cloutier, who served customers at E.M. Brown for 32 years enjoys his slice of cake while leaning on the fender of a 1950 GMC pickup. Along with the cake the many people who gathered to celebrate the store’s 125 years enjoyed hamburgers, popcorn, apples... More »
by Sylvia C. Dodge LOWELL — If the COVID-19 pandemic teaches nothing else, it teaches that things inevitably change. For students at Lowell Graded School, a plan that started with a goal to build a skating rink has morphed over time to a project to regenera... More »
by Joseph Gresser BARTON — At their meeting Thursday morning, select board members dealt with a mishap on Hollow Road. A road crew member was working on a ditch and clipped a waterline belonging to Pat Russell. The damage was not great. Road Forman Rick Knag... More »
This is the first installment of a story about a place, a family, and a cousin that will appear consecutively in the paper over the next few weeks. by Paul Lefebvre During a lifetime of trapping beaver, the most successful season my cousin had was the year he ... More »
by Leanne Harple GREENSBORO — What does it take to live a happy life? Not much according to Jason Crane, the somewhat nomadic office manager of the Greensboro United Church of Christ. Mr. Crane has been living happily, and by choice, in a van since Decembe... More »
by Sylvia C. Dodge For the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic shut down all the fun, a group of enthusiasts took to the rails in their restored “motor cars” — railroad track inspection cars also known as speeders, section cars, putt-putts, jiggers, trikes,... More »
by Tena Starr GLOVER — The presence of a tiny hummingbird rarely seen in Vermont has birders flocking to a Shadow Lake home and bed and breakfast here. The rufous hummingbird is native to the Southwest and Pacific Northwest. Sightings of it in Vermont have ... More »
The Outside Story American mountain ash: a rosaceae by any other name by Laurie D. Morrissey There’s a giant living in northern Coös County, New Hampshire. It’s a 61-foot tall tree, the country’s largest known American mountain ash. At last measurement, it ... More »
by Sylvia C. Dodge BARTON — Good news for anglers — next spring May Pond in Barton will be stocked with two-year-old “trophy” brook trout for the first time in a decade. Long Pond in Westmore, Center Pond in Newark, and Martin’s Pond in Peacham are other No... More »
by Luke Vidic JAY — While Jay Peak approaches another challenging season, fraught with labor shortages and travel restrictions, pre-pandemic talks of a sale have resumed. While the upcoming ski season may prove more predictable than last year’s, and a sale mor... More »
by Peter Jensen WESTMORE — A tiny Sunfish with a rainbow sail and a pirate flag was a common sight on Lake Willoughby this summer, tacking back and forth in all conditions near the north end. Brandon Dietter, 62, had the helm while “Boo,” a King Charles spanie... More »
by Luke Vidic HOLLAND — Late in the evening, after the sun had set and an eerie fog crept over the surrounding Holland farmland, Ben Luce stood beneath the warm glow of stage lights of the Barrage and began his otherworldly performance. His hands danced a... More »
