By Merisa Sherman There’s a bench on Kent Pond, where I like to go and sit. It’s not the world’s most comfortable or beautiful bench, just some old 2x4s bolted together and cemented into the ground. But it’s there just the same, […]
Category: Column
Column, Movie Diary
Movie Diary: The Hunt
Brave new world? Well, this has been interesting. Like everyone else, I’ve been trying to navigate the strange environment brought on by COVID-19, the acute respiratory disease that originated out of China in recent months. I don’t ever remember a […]
Column, Money Matters
Money Matters: Ignore expert predictions
BY Kevin Theissen It is amazing how predictably irrational we humans are. There are certain things we cannot predict, but there are others that we are spot on, near 100% of the time. One of those is that when times […]
Column, The Outside Story
From yips to shrieks, fox talk runs the gamut
The Outside Story by Susie Spikoi Sometimes it pays to be an insomniac. One frigid winter night, I climbed out of my restless bed and slipped outside to stand under a sky littered with stars and take in the complete […]
Column, Featured, Living the Dream
Living the Dream: Comfort in chaos
by Merisa Sherman Like all of you, this past weekend threw my life into turmoil. Two of my four jobs have disappeared in the blink of an email and our beloved ski resort has turned off the lifts. As the threat of […]
Column, Rockin' The Region
Making the best of social-distancing through music
By Mike Schaefer “The people will survive in their environment…” sang the late, great D. Boon in Minutemen’s 1984 classic “Corona.” The singing guitarist eventually goes on to discuss how greed and injustice separates people in a country built on […]
Column, Mother's celestial inspirations
Fear itself
By Cal Garrison a.k.a. Mother of the Skye This week’s horoscopes are coming out under the light of a void-of-course Sagittarius moon. The moon will remained in that state until it entered Capricorn at 12:25 p.m.on the 16th. Mercury entered […]
Arts, Dining & Entertainment, Column
Preston’s Bar: The quintessential ski bar
Daily Bread by Rick Daily Location: Downstairs in Killington’s Grand Hotel Favorite dish of the night? Artisan cheese board. It’s a surprising amount that kept six people snacking at the bar for half an hour. Honey comb and soft almonds […]
Column, Rockin' The Region
Rockin the Region with Reagh Greenleaf Jr
By DJ Dave Hoffenberg This weekend is the 4th Annual Killington Irish Festival at the Summit Lodge. The headlining band is The County Down (TCD) and for this article, I’m featuring Reagh Greenleaf Jr. (vocals, bodhrán, percussion) of the band. […]
Tree Talk, Uncategorized
Tree Talk: A gift of remembrance
By Gary Salmon I received an interesting gift this year from California relatives, that came probably from an estate sale. It is a library book from a long defunct library by [New Hampshire author] F. Schuyler Mathews entitled “Field Book […]