Saturday, June 18 at 8 p.m.—CAVENDISH— Saturday night the Cavendish Historical Society (CHS) will host its annual Midsummer’s Night eve Cavendish Village Ghost Walk. Meet at the historical museum at 8 p.m. The event is free and open to all! […]
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Cavendish Calendar seeks entries
For almost 20 years the Cavendish Community and Conservation Association (CCCA) has produced an annual calendar to celebrate some aspect of rural Cavendish life. The calendars do not contain photos taken by professional photographers, but pictures taken by you and […]
Fitton: The mill, the firebug and everything in between
Cavendish Historical Society hosts walking tour Sunday, Oct. 3 at 2 p.m. — CAVENDISH — At one time Spring Mill, better known as Fitton Mill, was located by the Cavendish Gorge. One of the largest employers in town, the area […]
Local talk: Being a teenage pharmacist at Pollard’s Store
Sunday, Aug. 15 at 2 p.m.—PROCTORVILLE—The Pollard general store, operated in Proctorsville for approximately 100 years, selling a wide variety of products, including window shades, glazed windows, tobacco, sugar, medicines, footwear, shawls, rope, carpets, petroleum products, and food products. Serving […]
Cavendish concerts continue with Gypsy Reel
Aug. 4 at 6 p.m. — CAVENDISH — The Cavendish Community and Conservation Association and the town of Cavendish invite everyone to spend an evening of fun on the Svec Memorial Green in Proctorsville on Wednesday, Aug. 4, starting at […]
First annual Birds & Blooms is June 26
June 26 at 12 p.m. — CAVENDISH —This Saturday will bring a burst of creative output to the Proctorsville Green. The first annual Birds & Blooms event will feature one-of-a-kind birdhouses, bird feeders, garden design gift certificates, potted flowers, decorative […]
AOT releases road construction report for the week of May 24-28
This weekly report is a list of planned construction activities that will have traffic impacts on state highways throughout Vermont. Please remember to drive safely in all work zones. Lives depend on it. I-89 Hartford – Sharon A resurfacing project continues. Nighttime […]
Cavendish talks on former resident, Nobel Prize winner Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Sunday, Dec. 2, 4 p.m.—CAVENDISH— Dec. 11, marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Soviet dissident and Nobel Prize winner Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. Author of such books as “Gulag Archipelago, “One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich,” and “Cancer Ward,” Solzhenitsyn […]
Romancing the stone in south-central Vermont
By Julia Purdy Vermont is famous for its commercially valuable mineral resources, from marble, slate and granite to talc and calcium carbonate. But less well known is a rock that occurs throughout Vermont in the everyday landscape: schist. Although schist […]
New computer system causes tax bill glitch
By Katy Savage Killington Town Clerk Lucrecia Wonsor was on the phone all day Monday and Tuesday, a week ago, when hundreds of incorrect tax bills were sent to Killington homeowners. “People were concerned because there were some that had […]