By Gary Salmon When you are 75 and have seen fall from the same house in the heart of foliage country for 50 years, it can become a little jaded. “Seen it all before” was unfortunately my mantra and same […]
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State News
Sample the sweet this fall with the Vermont Maple 100
The colors of Vermont’s fall foliage season are right around the corner, reminding us all of the changing seasons. Cooler temps, sweatshirts, flea markets and the red, yellow and orange leaves of our state’s maple trees are all part of […]
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Gardening this fall
By Mary Ellen Shaw Well, how did your garden grow this summer? Did you try anything new? Experimenting with new plants is one of my favorite things to do. When the calendar tells me that Labor Day has arrived I […]
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The countdown begins
By Merisa Sherman My big plastic boots feel heavy this early in the season, as I continue to pass one foot in front of the other. I meander my plastics around roots and rocks, careful not to teeter totter on […]
Column, Looking Back
Going from summer to fall
By Mary Ellen Shaw It won’t be long before fall is in the air! It’s been a very hot summer compared to the weather we used to have many years ago. I don’t remember one house on our street having […]
Column, Living the Dream
The leaves fall, the air thins creating crispness
By Merisa Sherman It’s been bugging me for almost a week, maybe even two. The plant border that I built during Covid has been slowly changing during that time, my beloved black mulch becoming almost buried. I had, of course, […]
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Fall school restrictions still up in the air
By Curt Peterson Windsor Central Unified School District superintendent Sherry Sousa told the Mountain Times last week that protocols for reopening are still up in the air, presumably due to the recent upsurge in Covid cases across the country. “The […]
Arts, Dining & Entertainment
The rise and fall of the Woodstock Country School
WOODSTOCK— “Woodstock Country School, A History of Institutional Denial” by alumnus William Boardman tells the story of the Vermont school’s rise and flourishing, even as it relied on charismatic headmaster David Bailey, whose dominance shaped the institutional denial that proved […]
Sports
Lady Saints fall in semifinals
The regular-season has officially ended for the baseball and softball teams at College of St. Joseph. The Lady Saints played in the Yankee Small College Conference Tournament on Saturday, May 6, and were defeated by the NHTI Lynx 9-0. They […]
Arts, Dining & Entertainment
GMC Theater presents late fall production of “The Flick”
Dec. 9-10 at 7 p.m.—POULTNEY—The Green Mountain College Theater Department presents “The Flick,” a black box production written by Annie Baker and directed by GMC theater professor Paula Mann. Performances are Friday and Saturday, Dec. 9-10 at 7 p.m. in […]