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Laurie Greenberg resigns as Harwood Union co-principal
Laurie Greenberg resigned as co-principal of Harwood Union this week in an August 20 letter to the community. Greenberg and Meg McDonough were named Harwood Union co-principals in February 2020. “This summer has been a period of deep reflection for me regarding my future steps. As some of you know,...
This Vermont town tried to break the world record of dogs at a film screening. How it went
While Vermont filmmaker Andy Knight Mitchell is used to winning Emmy Awards for his films, at a recent screening in his hometown of Middlebury, Mitchell went for a different title. On Saturday, Aug. 10 at Memorial Sports Center's screening of Netflix's "Inside the Mind of a Dog," Mitchell and the community of Middleboro...
Fletcher man dies in motorcycle crash
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - Police say one man is dead after crashing his motorcycle in Fairfax. Just after 9 p.m. on Thursday, Vermont State Police responded to a report of a one-vehicle crash on Huntville Road. Upon arrival, troopers found a damaged 2004 Harley Davidson motorcycle. The driver was identified...
Sunny and seasonable as we head into the weekend
TGIF friends! We have made it to the best day of the week and we’re not saying that just because it’s Friday. Today will feature some of the best weather of the week. After days of well below average temperatures, cloudy skies, and constant showers/drizzle/mist, we’re finally turning the page today. Patchy, dense fog will greet you for the morning drive with temps in the 50s alongside drier skies.
'It would seem totally incongruous': This Vermonter is punk musician, forester and author
Ethan Tapper is a wild man on stage. The leader of the 10-member Burlington punk band The Bubs screams into the microphone and plays furiously on electric guitar while his band mates cavort happily around him in front of delirious crowds of hundreds of music fans. The chaos of the stage contrasts starkly with Tapper’s other life. The former Chittenden County forester left that post in June to focus on Bear Island, the 175-acre forest he manages...
Budding Vermont textile artist debuts first exhibition
Thrifted garments woven with plant fibers, carefully sculpted patchworks that look like mossy growths creeping out of the wall. Such is the work created by Sienna Martz, whose first solo exhibition, “Echoes of Earth,” is running at the Soapbox Arts gallery in Burlington through the end of September.
Officials try to quench village planning project controversy
The Charlotte Selectboard meeting on Monday was in the library, and the library end of the town parking lot was filled a half hour before the Aug. 12 meeting began. The selectboard was squeezed into the adult reading room on the northern end of the building for its meeting. The space was snug, with just enough room for the town’s business, but none to spare.
Declaration of Inclusion proves controversial in Charlotte
A handful of people spoke in favor of the town of Charlotte adopting a Declaration of Inclusion at the selectboard meeting on Aug. 12, while a handful of people were opposed to adopting it. Al Wakefield and Barbara Noyes-Pulling are part of a group of five Rutland-area residents who have...
Psychic Expo — convention where ‘mediums’ not rare
When it comes to the supernatural, couple Frank Chodl and Betz McKeown say they’ve got everybody covered. “I work with the dead, and she works with the living,” said Chodl. He and his wife travel nationwide offering psychic medium sessions, spiritual touch healing and intuitive readings to customers looking for answers outside traditional means.
Thanks to those who step up to combat food insecurity
Eggplant, zinnias, blackberries, cash, dry goods, backpacks, bread and more; how are these related?. These are just some of the ways our Charlotte community continues to step up to assist our neighbors and combat food insecurity. Hunger affects too many Vermonters. Community contributions, both large and small, and of an impressive variety, provide and strengthen an important safety net.
Animation team films a story about women’s rights and basketball
A segment of a documentary film utilizing stop-motion animation was recently shot at Waitsfield gallery and studio space FireFolk Arts. The film features the story of Jane Rubel – an athlete who filed a lawsuit against the athletic union of her rural Iowa high school in 1970 after she was denied the right to continue playing on the girls’ basketball team because she got married and had a child.
Man arrested for DUI #2 after single-vehicle crash in Rutland
RUTLAND TOWN — A 25-year-old man from West Rutland was arrested late Thursday night on charges of driving under the influence following a single-vehicle accident on Barrett Hill Road. Vermont State Police responded to the scene around 9:23 p.m. where they found Philip Prevosto, the driver of the crashed...
Burlington police ask public for information on series of assaults, gunfire incidents downtown
BURLINGTON, Vt. — The Burlington Police Department is asking residents to help them get more information after a series of assaults and gunfire incidents downtown this month. Warning: Some video above could be disturbing to viewers. The department said it has been dealing with a spate of assault crimes...
Burlington-South Burlington football team hopes increased effort will yield better results
SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - Things haven’t always been easy for the Burlington-South Burlington Seawolves. Since the formation of the joint team back in 2018, the Seawolves have posted just one winning season and are still hunting the program’s first ever playoff win. Last year was especially tough, as Burlington-South Burlington only won two games...but talent has never really been the issue for the Seawolves. The team brings back one of the most dynamic athletes in the state in Ahmed Diawara, and he and the rest of the Seawolves Seniors made a point in the offseason and training camp to get more buy-in from the team as a whole. Both the upperclassmen and coaches believe that could pay dividends this fall. “Obviously I played a part, but mainly it’s mainly all the other guys because they show that they really want to come out here and work,” Diawara said. “Our last few seasons haven’t been the greatest, like record wise. So we are just like willing to do what it takes to win. And I see like the determination in a lot of these guys and their faces when they’re out here.” “We had the older guys from the previous years talk with the coaches,” said senior running back Rashad Morgan. “They were saying like, ‘We need to just put in more work, get in more practices, and really just have more team bonding time.’” “What has been great is just the energy that the kids have been able to bring,” said head coach Chadde Wolf. “We asked them to work a little bit harder than they have in the past, and they’ve responded...You know, we’re always trying to encourage ‘em to get better, but they seem to be willing to work, which is great.” The Seawolves will open their season at Mt. Mansfield on Saturday, August 31st.
Back to August temperatures Friday
August weather has returned for Friday, with temperatures near to average in the middle and upper 70’s! The clouds are clearing and we are saying good bye to the stubborn low pressures system that has been overhead all week!. Saturday starts with partly to mostly sunny skies but by...
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