By DJ Dave Hoffenberg This weekend is the 4th Annual Killington Irish Festival at the Summit Lodge. The headlining band is The County Down (TCD) and for this article, I’m featuring Reagh Greenleaf Jr. (vocals, bodhrán, percussion) of the band. He said, “I’ve happy to have been a part of it every year.” Besides playing…

By Marion Pickielnok Twin City Lanes in Barre hosted the Vermont High School Bowling Team Championship on March 7.  It wasn’t hard to find great bowling and unbelievable excitement. Each match winner was decided by the team winning 4 out of 7 games. Playing into the quarter finals  were No. 9  White River Valley defeated,…

If you’ve driven by the United Church of Ludlow on the corner of Elm and Pleasant Streets lately,  you may have wondered what all the scaffolding was about. The church is excited to realize a long-held dream of making the building accessible to all. A new addition to the rear of the church, will provide…

Vermont State Game Wardens located a deceased red fox on Feb. 23 off Webster Road in Pomfret. The fox had been illegally caught in a snare.  Upon completion of their investigation, the wardens charged Neil Lamson, 73, of Pomfret with four criminal counts of trapping violations. Lamson is scheduled to appear at the Windsor County…

By Gary Salmon I received an interesting gift this year from California relatives, that came probably from an estate sale. It is a library book from a long defunct library by [New Hampshire author] F. Schuyler Mathews entitled “Field Book of American Trees And Shrubs.” [1915] The givers were thoughtful enough to place my name…

By Mary Ellen Shaw When you get into your senior years you tend to spend quite a bit of time looking back. When I take a look back at the friends I have made it covers over 70 years of friendships.  My friends seem to fit into categories: childhood, school days, work days and “new…

The drive to recovery A work associate came to my office recently for a meeting. While we were chatting, he mentioned that he had just purchased a new Tesla Model 3. Being the curious type, I inquired what he thought of the reigning champion of the electric car world. He obviously loved his vehicle since…

By Kevin Theissen In late February, concern that efforts to contain Coronavirus Disease 2019 (a.k.a. COVID-19) might result in slower global economic growth disrupted global markets. Share prices fell as economists and financial analysts revised growth expectations, and investors worried about the possibility of recession. Efforts to contain the virus have included quarantines, factory and…

By Sandra Mitchell During the summer, I often spy common garter snakes sunning themselves in my garden. As the snow piles up through winter, covering the landscape in cold white, I wonder where these warmth-seeking creatures have gone. Without fur or fluffed-up feathers for insulation, how do these ectotherms survive the long months between autumn’s…

By Cal Garrison a.k.a. Mother of the Skye This week’s horoscopes are coming out under the light of a Full Virgo Moon, on the day that Mercury turns direct. But this week, I’m going to use this intro to talk about one of the hardest things about being an astrologer. Last week I did a…

Killington Resort hosted the 2020 FIS Freestyle Ski NorAm Cup Moguls Finals March 7-9. Over the last few years, the mogul course on Highline has undergone significant work to meet FIS specifications for high-level competitions. The Freestyle NorAm Tour is the highest levels of ski competition in the country. The weather and the quality of…

Living the Dream by Merisa Sherman Megan was 4 when I took her up the K-1 Gondola for the first time. She was absolutely bursting at the seams. She wanted to show me everything that she knew, where this was, where that was. She wanted me to know that she knew what I knew about skiing and…

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Vermont state law requires that ice fishing shanties be removed from the ice before the ice weakens, warns the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department. The shanty must be removed before the ice becomes unsafe or loses its ability to support the shanty out of the water, or before the last Sunday in March— the 29th…

The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department is holding a public meeting on March 18 in Bethel to answer questions and record public comment on the proposed 2020-2030 Big Game Plan. The meeting will be at the White River Valley School, 273 Pleasant St. in Bethel on Wednesday, March 18 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.  People…