Andrea Poe: Warm, Welcoming Rooms with Personality
BERLIN — In 1968, at the beginning of the back-to-the-land movement, a small group of people from Connecticut, most of them from the art school at the University of Hartford, bought a…
Photo Story: Wheels for Warmth
The 18th annual Wheels for Warmth had another busy weekend selling and recycling donated tires, with the proceeds slated to go to emergency heating…
A Model of Community: Rainbow Bridge Flood Recovery Model Goes Permanent
The Rainbow Bridge Community Center and its executive director, Shawn Trader, became central to the Barre flood response by seeing the need and taking…
The Barre Granite Festival 2023: a Photo Story
Photographer John Lazenby visited the Vermont Granite Museum during the 2023 Barre Granite Festival on Oct. 15. Click on a photo below to enlarge…
After the Flood: Local Churches Share Resources, Part One
Of the six downtown churches in Montpelier, five suffered serious flood damage, initially curtailing community offerings and disrupting worship services. Yet citizens found silver…
Khelcom Farm is Growing Local Food with Sustainable Agriculture
Khelcom Farm in Berlin helped feed the local community after the July 10 flood. Their farmstand, within walking distance of the local neighborhood, stayed…
Professional Wrestling Comes to Barre
Scenes from Green Mountain Wrestling’s Granite City Showdown during the Barre Heritage Festival, Saturday, Sept. 23. All names are their wrestling stage names, part…
Montpelier Roxbury Honors Outstanding Educators
Montpelier Roxbury Public Schools announced this year’s outstanding educator awards on Friday, Sept. 22. The honors go to Rachel Popoli of Roxbury Village School…
Signs of Reopening in Downtown Montpelier
A weekday stroll through downtown Montpelier reveals change on all fronts: businesses that have been back since immediately after the flood; those that are…
Local Retailers Join Farmers Market at VCFA Saturday
A sunny day Saturday, and Montpelier — rebounding from the July floods — celebrated at the farmers market on the green at the Vermont…
Vermont Strong: Montpelier’s Recovery Has Begun
Recovery efforts in downtown Montpelier began before the floodwaters had fully receded, when a thick layer of slippery mud still covered the streets and…
Central Vermont is Underwater
Residents in Barre and Montpelier may be moving into the upper levels of their homes today. In Barre City, some homes were flooded up…
Waterbury Braces for April 2024’s Total Solar Eclipse
Will throngs of people – between 50,000 and 200,000 – head to Waterbury to see the total eclipse of the sun on April 8,…
Darragh Ellerson Inducted into RunVermont Hall of Fame
If you look back at either photographs or results of running races in the 1970s, the striking observation is that the participants are almost…
The Phantom Strikes Again
Montpelier’s Valentine’s Day phantom has been busy as usual this year. Photos below are all by John Lazenby.…
Ice on Fire 2023: a Photo Story
Montpelier’s annual “Ice on Fire” event happened at the city’s newly acquired Country Club road property on Feb. 5., and featured dance, theater, music,…
The Bridge Needs Your Help
The Friends of The Bridge, the nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization that supports The Bridge, is in the midst of its annual year-end fundraising drive, and…
Then and Now, Nov. 2, 2022
James G. French built 85 Main Street, a simple brick block at the bottom of East State Street, in 1884, after the old arch…
Arrows for a Green Heart
This summer, my children came home with bows and arrows they made at Turtle Island summer camp. Watching them launch arrows and scamper off…
Capital Cannabis Ready for Retail. The Question is, When?
This past summer, AroMed store owner Lauren Andrews leased a Montpelier Main Street storefront from which to sell cannabis — as soon as her…
Dog Days at the Montpelier Pool
Every year the City of Montpelier Department of Recreation signals the end of summer by collaborating with the Central Vermont Humane Society to open…