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…

KILLINGTON — Three skiers who went off trail and were reported lost were safely found on Friday. State police were called at 5:18 p.m. after Cameron Goulet, 18, and  Alec Goulet, 20, both of Winsted, Conn.; and Todd Bertulis, 20, of Thomaston, Conn., went missing after skiing out of bounds near the Juggernaut Trail. A…

FAIR HAVEN—Investigators are looking into a fire that occurred at an unoccupied building in Fair Haven early Sunday morning, Feb. 5. Firefighters with the Fair Haven Volunteer Fire Department were notified at approximately 1:15  a.m. of a structure fire at 8 Union Street in Fair Haven, Vt.. Upon arrival, the fire department discovered the unoccupied residence…

KILLINGTON—A Rutland man has been charged for trespassing at the Pico Sports Center on Wednesday, Feb. 1. State police from the Rutland Barracks responded to a reported trespassing complaint. Troopers identified Ivo Skoric, age 52 of Rutland, who had previously been issued a trespass notice. Skoric was cited for illegal trespass and is scheduled to…

By Karrie Etzler For many people around the world, Feb. 9 is just another ordinary day. But  for Vermonters, it’s a day etched in immense state pride. Thanks to the innovative Wilson “Snowflake” Bentley, whose discoveries in photomicrography, gave the world its first view of snowflakes in all their intricate beauty. Bentley was born in…

LUDLOW—The Ludlow Rotary has been providing scholarships to area students for more than 35 years. For 2017, the Ludlow Rotary has increased its scholarship funding from internal sources by 50 percent, or $3,000. At a minimum, the Ludlow Rotary expects to award the following scholarships in 2017 to students pursuing further education: $2,000 Daniel E.…