By Gary Salmon This is the business end of a purple sticky trap. It is a three-sided affair which is suspended from a tree nearly 20 feet in the air. We have all seen these hanging from “trees of concern” […]
Tag: tree
Column, The Outside Story
The many ways of cedar
By Catherine Schmitt Some things are so familiar, so common, that they are often overlooked. Such is the case with northern white cedar (Thuja occidentalis). Also known as eastern white cedar, this tree grows throughout the Northeast, but only in […]
Column, Generation Y
“Shall never see a poem lovely as a tree”
By Brett Yates Winter landscapes will never stop being kind of magical to me, no matter how joylessly and cynically grownup I become: the endless unstained carpet of a fresh snowfall, the sculptural perfection of an icicle, the fierce sting […]
Arts, Dining & Entertainment
Santa Claus is coming to town
Saturday, Nov. 26 at 6:30 p.m.—RUTLAND—Santa Claus is, in fact, coming to town. On Nov. 26, Santa joins the community of Rutland for the official downtown Christmas tree lighting at 6:30 p.m. in Depot Park, at the corner of Merchants […]