By Kevin Theissen Information vs. instinct: When it comes to investing, many people believe they have a “gift” for choosing good investments. But what exactly is that “gift” based on? The truth is, the choices we make with our assets can be strongly influenced by factors (many of them emotional) that we may not even be…

By Cassandra Tyndall This week provides a plethora of new planetary energy to navigate that will usher us into the month of August. The big news is the return of Jupiter in Aquarius and the revisiting of themes that played out between mid-December 2020 and mid-May 2021. The reflection, introspection and healing potential of the…

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Episode no. 3 of My Side of the Mountain — overlooked stories of everyday life in the Green Mountain State. 10-minutes. https://omny.fm/shows/my-side-of-the-mountain/sheep-farming-and-vertical-integration By Ethan Weinstein It started as a joke: What if we had a sheep farm? Nine years later, Peg and Todd Allen know sheep. They raise lambs — “the finest colored Corriedales in…

By DJ Dave Hoffenberg The band not to be missed is Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats. They’re playing tonight on the midway lawn at the Champlain Valley Expo in Essex Junction. They’re also playing down in Hartford, Connecticut, on Sept. 25 as part of Farm Aid with Dave Matthews, Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John…

By Mary Ellen Shaw We are about half way through the allotted time in Vermont to enjoy watching our flowers bloom. If you have a perennial garden you know that it’s a challenge to have constant color through October. For me the spring garden is probably the one I look forward to the most. After…

By Merisa Sherman It had been a crazy day, with whitecaps rolling across the reservoir at a speed we had never seen before. With the water so high, the waves were splashing up and over the waterside fire pit. The rocky beach, which normally has plenty of room to relax and enjoy, was almost completely…

By Rachel Sargent Mirus Last summer while working in the garden, I was startled when a fast-flying wasp dropped a plump pumpkin spider on the soil in front of me. The wasp landed, grabbed the spider, and wiggled backwards into a small hole I hadn’t noticed, quickly covering the entrance as if to say, “Nothing…

2‐year‐old. Neutered male. Tan and white. Hound mix. I am hoping to find a home where we can have snuggle time and listen to some tunes. Rutland County Humane Society, 765 Stevens Road, Pittsford, VT • (802) 483-6700 • Tues. – Sat. 12-5p.m. Closed Sun. & Mon. • www.rchsvt.org If you love the great outdoors…

By Kevin Theissen Nearly 40 million American households have children ages 18 or younger, and last week, they received their first Advance Child Tax credit payment. These families account for more than 30% of the U.S. population. The amount each of these households receives depends on the children’s ages and the parents’ income. Eligible households…

By Dom Cioffi I had a meal recently that absolutely blew me away. My wife made plans to dine at a small restaurant with a good reputation and eclectic fare, and while many of our friends had visited this establishment multiple times, we had yet to stop by. I was famished when our reservation time…

Rock Landscaping vs. Dirty Mike & The Boys Rock Landscaping took on Dirty Mike & The Boys and it was a close game through the first few innings. Chauncey Germain started the scoring for DMTB with a solo shot in the top of the first. Three straight doubles by the first three batters for Rock…

By Bruce Bouchard ‘Die Beste aller Welten’ — ‘The Best of All Worlds’: feature, narrative fiction, Germany, 2017. For those of you who remember and had the nerve for the breakout indie drug-nightmare film, ‘Trainspotting,’ which launched the careers of director Danny Boyle and Ewan McGregor, we are straight up in that world in this…

8-year-old. Neutered male. Pit/Weimaraner. Grey/white. If you are looking for a companion that has basic manners, is house trained and just an absolute love, look no farther. Rutland County Humane Society, 765 Stevens Road, Pittsford, VT • (802) 483-6700 • Tues. – Sat. 12-5p.m. Closed Sun. & Mon. • www.rchsvt.org “I’m a 9-year-old spayed female.…

By Frank Kaczmarek Sunlight exposes a palette of colors To quote the French dramatist Jean Giradoux, “The flower is the poetry of reproduction. It is an example of the eternal seductiveness of life.” Flowering plants fill our summer fields and gardens, bring bright spots of color to our woods, and, since their arrival on the…