Arts & Life
Book Notes: Upper Valley Girl’s new book aims to inspire
By ALEX HANSON
It seems an odd lapse that the newspaper that coined the term “Upper Valley” has never published a word about a writer known as the Upper Valley Girl.If I have to offer an explanation, it’s that newspapers don’t often write about other newspapers, and...
Annual moose hunt aims to help stabilize population
By FRANCES MIZE
ISLAND POND, Vt. — The number of moose killed annually by Vermont hunters can provide more than 60,000 servings of meat, according to the state’s Department of Fish & Wildlife.But the animals’ posthumous utility goes farther than the dinner table.On a...
Upper Valley Halloween events 2023
BARNARDHaunted Village Theater in Barnard: Saturday, Oct. 21, 5 to 9 p.m. and Sunday, Oct. 22, 4 to 8 p.m. A theatrical walking tour around Barnard with seasonally haunting stories and scenes. Tours every 30 minutes, first two each day are...
Out & About: Volunteers wanted to help with 4-H projects
By LIZ SAUCHELLI
WINDSOR — 4-H clubs in Windsor County are looking for more adults to volunteer with children who participate in a variety of programs.The county has three 4-H clubs: Green Mountain 4-H, which is based in Springfield, Vt., and focuses on shooting...
Cornish’s O’Neill honored for stewardship of forest that she opens to townspeople
By FRANCES MIZE
CORNISH — In managing her 475-acre wooded property in Cornish, Colleen O’Neill chooses to think in tree time — which is long and slow.Decisions made today at Langwood Tree Farm, such as where to harvest timber, are for the benefit of arboreal life...
A Life: George Lawrence sought out an artist’s existence
By ALEX HANSON
TUNBRIDGE — Artist and musician George Lawrence seemed almost effortlessly creative during his long life, but some examples stand out.One year, the Terami family, his neighbors on Ordway Road in Tunbridge, had some volunteer gourds grow up around...
Theater Review: ‘Selling Kabul’ a riveting, heartbreaking glimpse at US policies abroad
By ALEX HANSON
The lights come up on a man alone in a small apartment. Dressed in a T-shirt and tracksuit pants, he’s young and on edge, checking the television and messing with his laptop and a balky router. Given the state of the world, he could be anywhere,...
Art Notes: Upper Valley offers varied entertainment options
By ALEX HANSON
The sheer number of options is going to pose problems for people who want to be entertained away from their streaming services this weekend. You’re going to have to make some decisions, people.The good thing, I guess, is that the quantity is matched...
Over Easy: Celebrate National Today Day
By DAN MACKIE
Life is pretty much a day-to-day proposition, and sometimes it’s hard to distinguish one from another. So along comes a mysterious process in which a particular 24 hours are declared the likable National Strawberry Shortcake Day or the underrated...
Archeologists seek clues to the past at Ely Mine site in Vershire
By FRANCES MIZE
VERSHIRE — For much of the 19th century, plumes of sulfur dioxide settled over the community of workers living at Vershire’s Ely Mine. Heavier than air, the toxic smoke produced from copper mining sunk to the valley floor, withering vegetation and...
Fall festival draws a crowd in Windsor
By CHRISTINA DOLAN
Despite a gloomy forecast, Main Street was bustling in Windsor Friday evening.The Adam McMahon Trio opened the music stage with a rendition of Johnny Cash’s “Ring of Fire.” A brief downpour caused a scramble for cover, but the rain soon let up and...
A CLOSING CHAPTER
By LIZ SAUCHELLI
ENFIELD — The wrought iron gates of the La Salette Cemetery are normally closed. But they were open one day last month, allowing a small group into an open area this is set apart by stone walls and lined with tall trees that filter in the mid-morning...
Vermont’s female farmers featured in new photo collection
By FRANCES MIZE
WOODSTOCK — Itinerant slaughterer and sheep-shearer Mary Lake came of age among images of Vermont agrarian life.Lake, who now lives in Tunbridge, grew up in South Hero, Vt., flipping through photo books like Peter Miller’s iconic 1990 “Vermont People”...
Out & About: Bethel author produces new chronicle of town’s history
By LIZ SAUCHELLI
BETHEL — Janet Hayward Burnham has written children’s books, romance novels and history books over her lifetime, but her most recent undertaking is perhaps her most ambitious.“20th Century Book: Bethel, Vermont,” which was published by the Bethel...
Over Easy: No place like Rome
By DAN MACKIE
Have you thought about ancient Rome today? That is an odd question, related to one of the oddest trend stories I’ve encountered on the internet.An online social influencer recently urged followers to ask the men in their life how often they think...
Out & About: Plainfield Fall Festival trades treats in light of apple shortage
By LIZ SAUCHELLI
PLAINFIELD — Those who have attended the Plainfield Community Church’s annual Fall Festival may come for the rummage sale, but they know they’re in for a sweet treat with its popular apple dumplings.But those who are stopping by the church this...
Upper Valley museums 2023
American Precision Museum in Windsor: Mondays through Fridays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., November through April; Daily, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., May through October. Exhibits include “The Science and Technology of Measurement” and “Shaping America.” $5 to $10;...
Fall foliage is coming. But this summer’s rain makes peak color a bit less predictable.
By OLIVIA RICHARDSON
It’s been one of the wettest summers on record, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. And Caitlin Hick Pries, a Dartmouth College professor who studies how ecosystems like forests adapt to climate change, said that excess...
Art Notes: In Thetford, from blank page to play in 24 hours
By ALEX HANSON
At 7 on Friday evening, a group of six would-be playwrights will receive writing prompts and then spend the night in the library at Thetford Academy, churning out short plays.At 5 the next morning, they’ll hand off their finished plays to directors,...
Art Notes: Western Terrestrials came home to record new album
By ALEX HANSON
The Western Terrestrials laid down the tracks for the band’s first two records in Nashville. That’s where country and Americana bands go to find the experts in their field.And those two records, “The Clearlake Conspiracy,” released in 2019, and “Back...
