The annual Vermont Town Meeting ritual as it transpired Tuesday, March 4, at Montpelier City Hall and the gym at the East Montpelier elementary school. Discussions ranged from Palestine and…
In the 1930s, the US had the Civilian Conservation Corps, which built public works projects around the country, including a dam that this summer saved Montpelier, VT, from even worse…
It was technically still winter on Saturday morning and there was plenty of snow around, but that didn't stop Richmond Scott from launching his stand-up paddle board in the North…
The annual attack of the Valentine Phantom struck Montpelier again this week. This year's onslaught of hearts included a cameo by Bernie Sanders and support for Ukraine. And the perpetrator…
Case Phinney, above (very), goes flying at the annual Montpelier, VT, celebration of winter known as Ice on Fire. The blanket toss, based on the Inuit method, was the most…
Unless you've been reading the local papers, you don't know about the long and painful process over the past summer of paving the County Road, the main drag from Montpelier,…
This year's Veterans Day Parade in Montpelier included veterans, of course, but also kids from Union Elementary School wearing placards dedicated to a veteran close to them. They all marched…
Montpelier welcomes spring in its own way, via All-Species Day, which starts in a local park and dances its way to the Vermont State House.
You have to admit, for a tiny town, Montpelier, VT, (pop. just over 7,000) knows how to do Halloween. From the the Vermont Dance Alliance zombie takeover of State Street…
Amtrak is back. At least in Vermont. The first post-COVID (?) passenger train rolled through Montpelier Junction Monday morning, heading for Washington, DC, and was greeted by hundreds of rail…
Last week, about 200 kids from 10 middle schools showed up for one of the first track and field meets to be held in Montpelier for a long time. From…