It was found under a pile of last year’s crumpled holiday wrapping paper, none the worse for wear.  It’s a few days late, but last week’s review is waiting for you right now at PODCASTS.

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Happy Hanukkah! Outside, snow is slowly, softly Falling through the wintry night. In the house, the brass menorah Sparkles with the candlelight. Children in a circle listen To the wondrous stories told, Of the daring Maccabeans And the miracles of old. In the kitchen, pancakes sizzle, Turning brown, they’ll soon be done. Gifts are waiting [...]

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Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening Whose woods these are I think I know. His house is in the village though; He will not see me stopping here To watch his woods fill up with snow. My little horse must think it queer To stop without a farmhouse near Between the woods and frozen [...]

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These days, independent booksellers are a rare breed.  They deserve our admiration AND our support.  Joelle Beck owns the Boxcar & Caboose, an independent bookstore on Railroad Street in St. Johnsbury.  With just days to go before Christmas, and in these uncertain economic times, Joelle phoned in on Friday morning with LOTS of good news, [...]

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We get a break today between snowstorms. More white stuff forecast for Friday. Yesterday started out with not much early on but quickly turned into a rash of  two-hour delays. Many of those then morphed into school closings as the bus companies began getting reports of slippery roads. The big story in today’s news were [...]

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More snow is falling this morning. It appears to be a gentle snow and the forcast is for just a few inches. But combined with the ice from last week’s storm conditions are on the slippery side. Several schools are on a two-hour delay and more than a few busses are delayed…Meanwhile, Central Vermont Public [...]

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We’ve (purposefully) stayed away from politics since the election.  That’s over. Tuesday morning, we began by talking to State Senator-elect Matt Choate, who’s working with technology to help constituents reach him more easily.  Matt also talked about the FIRST thing he heard when he went to Montpelier for training.  You may (or may not) be [...]

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It’s Monday and Vermont electric utilites are reporting that service has been restored to most of the customers of who lost power during Friday’s ice storm. Central Vermont Public Service is the state’s largest utility. 35-thousand CVPS customers lost power Friday – most of which were in the southern part of the state. That number [...]

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It started out slow, this week did.  We had a few calm days, an informative chat with Dr. Mark Price, but by the time Friday rolled around, we were up to necks in nasty weather, treacherous driving and school cancellations.  That didn’t stop us from giving away from cash!  Head up to PODCASTS where Dr. Professor [...]

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The storm has hit and most everything is closed or cancelled…the snow came last night but then changed to rain at about 4 a-m…now the temperatures are dropping and the great freeze is on. Meteorologist Mark Breen says mostly single digit temperatures forecast until…a warm front comes in from the mid-west this weekend…Vermont Emergency Management [...]

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