By Liz DiMarco Weinmann The professionals who run our romantic country inns, family-friendly motels, cozy coffee shops, creative restaurants, unique boutiques, state-of-the-art recreational facilities, and striking jewel-box arts venues are excited to welcome guests again, so this is a friendly […]
Category: Column
Column, Movie Diary
Dream a little dream
By Dom Cioffi When I was in college, I took an art course that had me sketching and painting on a weekly basis. I loved the act of creating in this way and took joy in most of the assignments. […]
Column, The Outside Story
The trouble with rodenticides
By Anna Morris Last autumn, around the same time I was laying the winter quilt on our bed, my cat became very interested in the space beneath the kitchen sink. Unsurprisingly, a mouse was huddled down there, seeking shelter in […]
Arts, Dining & Entertainment, Rockin' The Region
Nikki MacCallum is bringing her one woman musical comedy show to the Woolen Mill Comedy Club in Bridgewater on Saturday
It’s titled, “Things I Know Now…” and Nikki McCallum will teach you everything she wished she’d learned before reaching adulthood, in song. McCallum described the show and said, “It’s an hour of stand-up comedy infused with original comedy songs.” […]
Column, Movie Diary
Ticket to ride
By Dom Cioffi Several months ago, I bought my father-in-law tickets to see Frankie Valli in concert. Valli, along with his backup group, The Four Seasons, peppered the charts with hits during the 1960s and ’70s. From teenage chart-toppers like […]
Column, Tree Talk
Fall views, fresh eyes, new perspective
By Gary Salmon When you are 75 and have seen fall from the same house in the heart of foliage country for 50 years, it can become a little jaded. “Seen it all before” was unfortunately my mantra and same […]
Column, Living the Dream
Unseasonably warm
By Merisa Sherman It’s hot. I mean, not like Arizona hot but way too hot for November hot. Like, who are we kidding here with the crazy non-snowmaking weather? These consecutive and beautiful sunny warm days that don’t seem to […]
Arts, Dining & Entertainment, Rockin' The Region
The legendary Outlaws will perform at the Pickle Barrel Nightclub in Killington this Saturday Nov. 5
By DJ Dave Hoffenberg Doors open at 7, Chris Pallutto opens the show at 8 p.m. and the Outlaws will take the stage around 9-9:30 p.m. This is the first concert of the winter season and it should be a […]
Column, Looking Back
Grocery shopping in the 1950s to 1970s
By Mary Ellen Shaw Shopping for food in Rutland back in the ’50s was an entirely different experience than it is today. The Rutland Directory for 1955 has 50 listings under the heading of “Grocer.” Only two of those stores […]
Column, Funologist
Forward: Part 1 of a journey
By Sandra Dee Owens What direction is your dial set to? There is one thing I do in order to improve anything in my life. One single thing. I keep moving forward. I love how simple that is. But as […]