By Dom Cioffi I told my wife not to buy me anything last Christmas because I knew exactly what I wanted as a gift. I then sent her a link to the precise product I was interested in with instructions […]
Category: Column
Column
“Fail State” review
By Bruce Bouchard “Fail State” is a high-end, seriously endowed, uber-professional product that could easily be on Prime Time. It has had a prior life at 10 film festivals, a sleek piece of brilliant, carefully and thoroughly researched documentary filmmaking […]
Column, Looking Back
From horses to cars!
By Mary Ellen Shaw Those of us who are in the “senior” category are often amazed at all the changes that have occurred during our lifetime. My friend Mary Jane said that she and a college friend were discussing whether […]
Column, Tree Talk
Messy circumstances
By Gary Salmon It’s been 30 years or so since gypsy moths were last here in any numbers and what a mess they made. The population was so large that they not only ate the leaves off their preferred oak […]
Column, Living the Dream
Becoming an American in red, white and blue
By Merisa Sherman His red, white and blue T-shirt hangs almost to his knees, with his little white shorts peeking out the bottom. Once long hair is now shaved short for the heat of summer, and the little boy looks […]
Column, Cosmic catalogue, Horoscope Archives, Horoscopes, Lifestyle
Sticky wicket
By Cassandra Tyndall In the sport of cricket, they refer to a term known as a “sticky wicket.” Let me explain. The main area of the cricket field where all the action happens is called the pitch or wicket. The […]
Column, Rockin' The Region
Rockin the Region with actor Matt Vita
Top actors, actresses, producers, writers and a model descended on Killington to film last week By DJ Dave Hoffenberg You might have seen some filming around Killington the past two weeks and that was for a yet to be named […]
Column, Featured, Pets
Featured Pets for June 23 – June 29, 2021
2-year old. Neutered Male. Hound mix. Tri-color. I just want to be everyone’s best friend. Rutland County Humane Society, 765 Stevens Road, Pittsford, VT • (802) 483-6700 • Tues. – Sat. 12-5p.m. Closed Sun. & Mon. • www.rchsvt.org Loki and […]
Column, The Outside Story
Sundews are diminutive but deadly
By Frank Kaczmarek In 1860, a year after publication of his seminal work on the origin of species, Charles Darwin wrote to a friend, “At the moment, I care more about Drosera than the origin of all the species in […]
Column, Money Matters
Wall Street cliches
By Kevin Theissen Pundits say a lot of things about the markets. Here is a small handful: Buy the rumor and sell high, because there’s no such thing as a free lunch. Prediction is difficult, but never catch a falling […]