Combine the remaining snowpack melt with 2+ inches of rain, and many streams and rivers started flowing over their banks on Tuesday afternoon. Flood warnings remain in effect until at least 10:30 AM on Wednesday. Early Tuesday evening, while staff photographer Alyssa Nichols was at a rehearsal for her ballet recital in two [...]
Entries from April 2008
Flood
April 29th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: Northeast Kingdom · Weather
Listen up
April 29th, 2008 · 3 Comments
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Tags: Radio · Technical · Vermont
Just ANOTHER mANIC mONDAY…
April 28th, 2008 · No Comments
If all goes well, (hah!) the Vermont Legislature will convene this Friday or Saturday. One of the main items that still needs to be dealt with is the Governor’s proposed Economic Stimulus Package. When it was proposed a few weeks ago, the response from the other side of the aisle was swift…and negative. [...]
Tags: Northeast Kingdom · Politics · Vermont
The Rant
April 27th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Does radio suck?
Well, sure. Some of it, maybe most. Between all the consolidation that’s gone on in the past fifteen years or so, and the general focus on bottom line that seems to permeate corporate america, more than fifty percent of the people in this once noble profession are now doing something else. [...]
Celebrities Help Whip Cancer this May…
April 27th, 2008 · No Comments
Lyndonville, VT May 1, 2008 — In celebration of Mother’s Day and all the women in our lives, Hollywood’s most famous moms, including Sharon Stone, Courteney Cox Arquette, Faith Hill, Jennifer Garner and Olivia Newton-John have autographed Pampered Chef limited-edition pink products to support the American Cancer Society. To “Help Whip [...]
Tags: Uncategorized
So who gets the million bucks?
April 25th, 2008 · No Comments
Back in 2007, the Corrections Department came to St. Johnsbury and offered $1 million to the town in exchange for adding one hundred beds to the Caledonia County Work Camp. At least, the town thought it was an offer. When Corrections came back recently and said, well, maybe they could do twenty beds…AFTER [...]
Tags: Northeast Kingdom · Politics · Vermont
Can we talk?
April 22nd, 2008 · 2 Comments
Naaahhh, “Idol’s” on in a few minutes. Or “Dancing With The Stars.” Or (fill-in-the-blank) This is “National TV Turn-Off Week”, and guess what? TV ratings won’t dip one percent. Television has changed our lives in a dramatic way. Is it for the better? Our guest this morning has been called un-American because she [...]
Tags: rant
What, we worry?
April 19th, 2008 · No Comments
Game six to Boston, another wild third period, Bruins Coach Claude Julien (former Montreal coach) has the Habs completely figured out, even with Saku Koivu back centering the first line. I am here in Montreal and this city is worried, rightfully so. Game 7 Monday night at the Bell Centre. Gulp.
–SN
Senator Sanders says…
April 17th, 2008 · No Comments
…the economy is a mess and we need to start fixing it NOW. He’ll be holding town meetings tomorrow (Saturday)…in Bradford at Oxbow High School at noon, and at Danville High School at 6:00 pm. Friday, he phoned in to talk about the huge response he got to a survey about the economy [...]
Tags: Northeast Kingdom · Politics · Vermont
Local…regional…universal?
April 17th, 2008 · No Comments
It’s being fueled by manpower and financial issues. Last week, State Police met with Lyndon officials to tell them that starting May 1st, while Lyndonville police were on duty, the State Police would NOT provide coverage. It’s an experiment for ninety days, but the implications are huge, in a village that is currently [...]
Tags: Northeast Kingdom · Politics · Vermont







