Nathan’s Track: a Fun Run Photo Story
About 70 athletes of all ages converged on the newly rebuilt Montpelier High School track on Friday, August 21, for the Nathan Suter Track Celebration put together by Central Vermont runners and…
Green Up Day in Montpelier
If you ever wondered why Vermont stays green and clean, even along its busy roadways, it could be because of Green Up Day. Every…
Hearts Abound in Montpelier
There’s a lot of love in Montpelier. Residents of Vermont’s Capital City once again woke up on Valentine’s day to see downtown (and beyond)…
Jan. 6 Attack on the U.S. Capital Remembered in Montpelier
Members of Montpelier Indivisible met up at the Statehouse Lawn on Tuesday, Jan. 6, to remember the insurrection that happened at the U.S. Capitol…
Main Street Collision
Sue Stukey views a car perched on the guardrail in front of her house on College Street Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 23. The vehicle apparently…
Menorah Lighting in Montpelier was Filled with Both Joy and Sorrow
The lighting of the Hannukkah Menorah on the Statehouse lawn on Tuesday Dec. 16. was a joyous annual celebration, though weighted with sorrow because of…
Illuminating! Montpelier’s Lantern Parade Celebrates 10 Lit Bridges
Lantern-carrying locals turned out for Montpelier Alive’s bridge-lighting celebration and Lantern Parade on Saturday, Nov. 22. The downtown area’s seven main bridges were illuminated…
Community Service Highlight: Scouts Spruce Up Christ Church Benches
Scouting America volunteers from left: Braelyn Delmas (Troop 1709), Izik Currier, Brandis Wheeler, and Gideon Kass (all Troop 709) performed some community service staining…
Turtle Island’s Fall Festival Fun
Koren Rotblatt enjoys the show as Paul Markowitz entertains during the Turtle Island Children’s Center Fall Festival Saturday, October 11, on the college green…
October Summer: Photo Story
In the first week of October, Vermont found itself basking in 80-degree summer temperatures but with the low-angled sunlight of autumn. It was very evident…
Steppin’ Up: Fourth Graders Bridge Grades With Applause
Every year, fourth graders walk from Montpelier’s Union Elementary School to Main Street Middle School on the last day of school, applauded by relatives,…
Bechdel’s Fans Fill Bear Pond
Cartoonist/author Alison Bechdel filled Bear Pond Books with her fans Tuesday evening, June 3, to talk about her new comic novel, “Spent” — deemed “a domestic…
Spring Tradition, Montpelier-Style: Bike Swap
Saturday, May 10, was the annual bike redistribution event known as the Onion River Outdoors Bike Swap. Hundreds of bikes from around central Vermont were gathered into the parking lot…
Muddy Fun at the Muddy Onion
Hundreds of cyclists took to rain-drenched dirt roads Saturday morning, April 26, for the annual Muddy Onion dirt-road bike tour put on by Montpelier’s Onion…
Spring Snow, a Vermont Tradition
Vermont is no stranger to early spring snow, and last Saturday, March 29, didn’t disappoint. All photos here are by John Lazenby.…
Oh Canada!
Demonstrators at the corner of State and Main Streets in Montpelier had a thing or two to say Saturday morning, March 22, about Canada, Vermonters’…
It’s Sugar Time!
After a wintry winter, the sugaring season is off and running. With temperatures in the upper 50s, the Morse Farm boiled its first run…
The Valentine’s Phantom Strikes Again
Montpelier was once again treated to an explosion of hearts this Valentine’s day, with the familiar photocopies of red hearts and student drawings filling…
Hundreds Protest Musk and Trump at the Vermont Statehouse
Hundreds of Vermonters showed up in Montpelier on Feb. 5 for a nationwide “505001” protest, which stands for 50 states, 50 protests, one day,…
Full Circle for ‘Hadestown’: Two High Schools Bring the Award-Winning Musical Home
The theater programs of U-32 and Montpelier high schools put together one of the most applauded and well-attended performances in recent central Vermont theater…
Bonté Bakery: the Photo Story
It was just three years ago that Anne Marie Shea started up her gluten-free bread-baking business — Bonté Bakery — at her home in…