By Dom Cioffi My last column was nearly four months ago. That was October and at the time, I could barely focus enough to write a single sentence. While the powerful drugs I was taking were alleviating the excruciating pain that was growing inside of me, they were also making reality a bit harder to…

This past weekend, Feb. 4-5, seven dancers from Cobra Gymnastics & Dance Center performed in the seventh annual Dance Showcase-Beauty in Diversity, to benefit Puppets in Education at the Main Street Landing Black Box Theatre in Burlington. Cobra Gymnastics & Dance Center was invited to participate in the fundraising dance event after a local past…

Vermonters have an advantage. Many Vermonters have built their lives from the ground up evaluating and cherishing what matters most along the way. Those who have chosen to move to Vermont see it as a beacon of freedom and authenticity. “You are not alone.” “We are stronger together” signs at the Women’s March stated. I’ve…

By Meghan McCarthy McPhaul A few autumns ago, one of the frequent visitors to our gone-wild apple orchard was a lopsided, one-point buck. We often see does and young, antlerless deer in the field, and by the end of each fall we’re able to identify many of them by size, appearance, and the company they…

Preparing for the men’s physique category in a bodybuilding competition I have found that I always work better in the gym when I have a date on the calendar to work towards. Late last year it was the North American Grappling Association (NAGA) North East championships in Rhode Island that I wrote about previously. However,…

I have have always wanted children.  This might seem counterintuitive, given my life of fairly wild irresponsibility, travel, and transience, but it is true. I have, however, been very careful to wait to have children until I found a proper host candidate for my offspring. I have been repeatedly  unsuccessful at choosing domestic partners, my…

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Following the death of the actress Mary Tyler Moore last month  at the age of 80, many journalists and critics reexamined the second-wave feminist legacy of her eponymous sitcom, “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” which, in the 1970s, normalized the lifestyle of the single working woman in an American city, presenting it as a full…

By Kevin Theissen If you want to retire with confidence, you need a good plan. As you near retirement age or better yet, decades before retirement age, it is time to start doing some serious financial planning. Retiring with confidence means you developed a logical plan, are executing it, and review it regularly to make…

Lakes Region benefiting from improved broadband FairPoint Communications recently announced the completion of broadband expansion projects in Poultney, Wells, and West Pawlet, plus 17 other Vermont towns. To Beth Fastiggi, state president for Vermont at FairPoint, the project completion brings greater productivity, business competition “past the storefront, and … learning beyond the confines of a…

By Karrie Etzler There was no better place to be last Friday night, Feb. 3, than College of St.Joseph, where the opening of this year’s Green Mountain District Music Festival brought together the brightest and best musicians for a night filled with spectacular performances. A total of 64 schools, elementary through the high school, participated…

RUTLAND—Educate yourself about your Rutland City mayoral candidates by watching PEGTV’s live mayoral forum on Thursday, Feb. 9, on Channel 21 starting at 7 p.m. All four mayoral candidates were invited to attend, who include Dave Allaire, Chris Louras, Mike Coppinger and Kam Johnston. Candidates will answer questions from moderator Tom Donahue and those that…

Rutland city voters face a jam-packed ballot Voters at Rutland polling places will view a broad range of city government candidates, four for mayor and 17 for alderman, as well as other positions. Running for a sixth two-year term as mayor is incumbent Christopher Louras, competing against both Alderman David Allaire and Downtown Rutland Partnership…

WALLINGFORD—Police are looking for an unidentified suspect wanted for a robbery that occurred at the Citgo Station in Wallingford, on Feb. 4. Troopers from the State Police Rutland barracks responded to the Citgo station located at 172 N. Main St. for a report of a robbery on Saturday evening. Police said a man entered the store…

WALLINGFORD—State Police arrested a local man wanted on an outstanding warrant in Wallingford on Tuesday, Jan. 31. That afternoon, state troopers at the Rutland Barracks were informed about a fugitive from justice living on Church Street in Wallingford. Through investigation it was determined that James Perron had an outstanding warrant in the state of New…