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Red-winged blackbirds return
March 26, 2020
The Outside Story By Meghan McCarthy McPhaul Around the middle of March, I begin to feel that springtime urge to hit the road, to lace up the winter-neglected running shoes and start slogging through some miles. My early-season jogs take me past a wetland area that stubbornly spans both sides of a road near my…
Early spring flowers bring delight
March 26, 2020
Looking Back By Mary Ellen Shaw Yes, it is I…looking “forward” instead of “back” in my column. Why? Because we all need something to look forward to in a world that has changed in what seems like a “New York minute!” So, for as long as these difficult days last I will attempt to brighten…
Rockin’ the Region with Jim Yeager (digitally)
March 25, 2020
by DJ Dave Hoffenberg In this Covid-19 world we’re living in, sadly there are no music shows you can go to. But, you can catch many performers doing Facebook shows live with Venmo tipping so please support them when you can. One of those performers, Jim Yeager, has his second solo record coming out on…
Uncertain Times
March 25, 2020
By Cal Garrison This week’s Horoscopes are coming out under the light of a Pisces Moon. In the astrological community, this week’s ‘big news’ surrounds the upcoming Jupiter-Pluto conjunction. This aspect will be exact on the 4th of April, but will be within orb of exactitude by the 29th of March. Jupiter and Pluto form conjunctions every…
Movie Diary: Emma
March 25, 2020
Brave New World? Part two By Dom Cioffi Well, I can’t say that I’ve ever experienced a week quite like this past one. In the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, I’ve seen and experienced some interesting things. First of all, I am dumbfounded by the amount of people I’ve seen outside walking, running, and playing.…
COVID-19: media and markets
March 25, 2020
By Kevin Theissen In recent weeks, we’ve seen several major stories in the news. On the political front, in addition to the arrival of the presidential election through the 2020 caucuses and primaries, we have just experienced the third presidential impeachment in American history. In international news, the latest coronavirus outbreak has hit China, now…
The Bench
March 25, 2020
By Merisa Sherman There’s a bench on Kent Pond, where I like to go and sit. It’s not the world’s most comfortable or beautiful bench, just some old 2x4s bolted together and cemented into the ground. But it’s there just the same, beckoning one to come and sit and stare out across the water and out toward…
Movie Diary: The Hunt
March 18, 2020
Brave new world? Well, this has been interesting. Like everyone else, I’ve been trying to navigate the strange environment brought on by COVID-19, the acute respiratory disease that originated out of China in recent months. I don’t ever remember a time in my life when the social atmosphere was quite like this; when there was…
Money Matters: Ignore expert predictions
March 18, 2020
BY Kevin Theissen It is amazing how predictably irrational we humans are. There are certain things we cannot predict, but there are others that we are spot on, near 100% of the time. One of those is that when times are bad, “experts” start downgrading and cutting estimates. It’s as reliable as a sunrise. I…
From yips to shrieks, fox talk runs the gamut
March 18, 2020
The Outside Story by Susie Spikoi Sometimes it pays to be an insomniac. One frigid winter night, I climbed out of my restless bed and slipped outside to stand under a sky littered with stars and take in the complete silence of darkness. Suddenly, a ruckus broke out along the edge of the pond near…
Living the Dream: Comfort in chaos
March 18, 2020
by Merisa Sherman Like all of you, this past weekend threw my life into turmoil. Two of my four jobs have disappeared in the blink of an email and our beloved ski resort has turned off the lifts. As the threat of COVID-19 virus grows stronger, increasing numbers of our community are withdrawing to the safety of…
Making the best of social-distancing through music
March 18, 2020
By Mike Schaefer “The people will survive in their environment…” sang the late, great D. Boon in Minutemen’s 1984 classic “Corona.” The singing guitarist eventually goes on to discuss how greed and injustice separates people in a country built on the premise of common good and principles. If you’re not familiar with Minutemen, now –…
Fear itself
March 18, 2020
By Cal Garrison a.k.a. Mother of the Skye This week’s horoscopes are coming out under the light of a void-of-course Sagittarius moon. The moon will remained in that state until it entered Capricorn at 12:25 p.m.on the 16th. Mercury entered Pisces in the wee hours of Monday morning, and we’re coming up on the Spring…
Preston’s Bar: The quintessential ski bar
March 11, 2020
Daily Bread by Rick Daily Location: Downstairs in Killington’s Grand Hotel Favorite dish of the night? Artisan cheese board. It’s a surprising amount that kept six people snacking at the bar for half an hour. Honey comb and soft almonds are a nice addition to three local cheeses and our Long Trail mash crackers finish…
Rockin the Region with Reagh Greenleaf Jr
March 11, 2020
By DJ Dave Hoffenberg This weekend is the 4th Annual Killington Irish Festival at the Summit Lodge. The headlining band is The County Down (TCD) and for this article, I’m featuring Reagh Greenleaf Jr. (vocals, bodhrán, percussion) of the band. He said, “I’ve happy to have been a part of it every year.” Besides playing…