By Julia Purdy At the end of River Street in Rutland, where East Creek and Otter Creek converge, flocks of Canada geese gather and fishermen drop their lines. The confluence is a spot rich in nostalgia. As of March 23, 2016, a familiar landmark—the 88-year-old steel truss bridge—is no more; only its stone abutments remain.…

Oh, how life has changed over the years! You don’t give it much thought until you stop and think about the “then and now.” As I sit at my computer I recall the days of my high school typing class. We rolled the paper into a manual typewriter and typed such phrases as, “The quick…

Shifts in consciousness By Cal Garrison, a.k.a. Mother of the Skye This week’s Horoscopes are coming out under the light of a Sagittarius Moon, in the aftermath of our annual date with the Easter Bunny. If we have managed to transcend the negative side-effects of whatever he left in our Easter Baskets, we are waking…

By Dom Cioffi It’s spring break season, which means that millions of people across the country either head to the mountains or the beaches for fun and frivolity. My family opted for the mountains this year – the Rocky Mountains, to be exact. Of course, any vacation week requires travel, but when everyone travels during…

Last week I wrote about Frank Chase who has been playing Killington since 1978. I thought that was the longest tenure of my article subjects, but this week I got to speak with Guy Burlage, who can top that since he came here in 1976, although I first met him in 2003. Burlage and some…

By Robin Alberti FRANK CHASE Sadly, a local music legend is sailing off into the sunset, literally. Frank Chase, minus a possible future guest appearance, will be playing his last few gigs in Killington this week. He has taken a cruise ship job in Oregon for the summer and next winter will be sailing the…

By Tony Crespi Flying my mom from Southern New England over the mountains into Northern New England for lunch late last spring she smiled. Spotting numerous ski resorts dotting the landscape we all grinned as we quickly traversed the airspace from Connecticut over Vermont and into New Hampshire before descending for lunch. Flying over the…

By Cal Garrison, a.k.a. Mother of the Skye Freshly empowered by the intensity that blew in with the Vernal Equinox, this week’s Horoscopes are coming out under the light of a nearly-full, Virgo Moon. We would be wise to use this time to take care of business and have all of it put to bed…

By Dom Cioffi A little over a year ago, I overheard my niece and her friend talking about their desire to get tattoos when they turned 18. They were boasting about the different designs they were considering and how each body emblem would have a unique, deeply personal meaning. I listened intently to their teenage…

By Susan Shea To enter the cave, we donned hard hats and descended a vertical drop with the aid of a rope. We crawled on our knees and bellies through a wet, narrow passageway, emerging into a large underground chamber that contained a small lake. By the light of our headlamps, we could make out…

Submitted Experts caution against purchasing cute baby animals as gifts, unless you are committed to their life-long care. By M. Kathleen Shaw, DVM, Vermont Veterinary Medical Association Easter comes early this year, and it is important to know that while it provides a host of fun treats and activities for our kids, some of these…

A “skeuomorph” is a design feature transferred from a traditional object to a newer iteration of the same device for the purpose of continuity of appearance rather than utility. Technically obsolete details once intrinsic to the construction of the object in question will often carry over as stylistic elements intended to create an experience of…

For the last few weeks I have been driving all over hell and back for work, skiing in the mornings, getting myself into shape, and singing with the choir. All in all—break-up aside— things should be going well. I am busy, I am active, I am fit, I am paying my bills. But things haven’t…

They say that everyone is Irish on St. Paddy’s Day! But I can truly claim that nationality. Two of my grandparents were born in Ireland. Online genealogies can provide us with the names of our ancestors but only our relatives can tell us stories about their lives. Like most young people I had no interest…

By Dom Cioffi I watched him drop an easy pop fly; I watched him muff a very field-able ground ball; I even watched him half-heartedly try to steal second base only to get thrown out by 10 feet. I watched all of this occur to my son this past Saturday as our Little League team…