Nothing good comes from the non-stop rains of July here in Northern Vermont.  It has stunted gardens, prevented farmers from getting hay in and also had a dramatic (and mostly negative) impact on tourism.   Earlier this week,  it brightened up (for two days) and warmed into the 80’sF, and then the rains returned.
Here’s a [...]

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Chris Johansen is one of those people that gets things done, and due in great part to his efforts, Aquafest in Newport is revitalized and BIG.  There are a ton of events, live music, Civil War re-enactments, great food and of course, the famous Bed Race on Sunday morning on Main Street in Downtown Newport.
Chris [...]

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The Vermont Children’s Theatre has offered a practical introduction to theatre to children in the Northeast Kingdom for decades.
This weekend and next, kids from around the area will present ‘The Wiz.’  On Thursday morning, director Sara Romero stopped by the studio with five budding actors.
Vermont Children\’s Theatre \”The Wiz\”
Performances are this Thursday thru [...]

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At 3:30 on Saturday morning, the torrential downpours looked like they might threaten the Lyndon Area Chamber of Commerce 39th Annual Stars & Stripes Festival parade in downtown Lyndonville.   By 5:00 AM the rain stopped, by 9:00 AM things were drying out and people flocked to the parade route.

The parade Grand Marshall was Dick Boera, [...]

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Cronkite is dead and the world is a far lesser place with his passing.
There’s nobody left in television news with any credibility.  From 1962 to 1981, Walter Cronkite told us what was wrong in the world and with the world, and then, five nights a week, he put us at ease.  And for a few [...]

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(photo courtesy of Jennifer Kirchoff)
The Main Street block in St. Johnsbury, fully engulfed this morning.

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A FIVE ALARM BLAZE ACROSS FROM ST JOHNSBURY’S MUNICIPAL CENTER WHICH BEGAN LAST NIGHT HAS BROUGHT FIREFIGHTERS FROM ABOUT NINETEEN SURROUNDING TOWNS IN TO FIGHT THE BLAZE.  THE FIRE, WHICH WAS REPORTED TO DISPATCH AT 10:28 LAST NIGHT, APPARENTLY BEGAN SOMEWHERE IN THE MAIN STREET BLOCK THAT CONTAINS THE CONVENIENT ONE GROCERY STORE, KENNEDY JEWELERS, [...]

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St. Johnsbury Firefighters, and fire departments from around the region, are still on scene responding to a fire on Main Street in St. Johnsbury. Traffic is being directed around Main Street between Maple Avenue and Western Avenue.  The fire started late last night, around 11 p-m, in The Convenient One store…that entire block [...]

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4 – Alarm Fire In St. Johnsbury

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St. Johnsbury, VT – July 9th, 2008
At least 4 fire departments are battling a 4-alarm fire in St. Johnsbury. It started late Thursday in The Convenient One on Main Street. There are apartments located above that particular store. The building is also located just yards from the Fairbanks [...]

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The rains today (yes, rest of the world, it’s STILL raining here) forced the cancellation of the Wednesday night concert at Bandstand Park in Lyndonville.  Fortunately, intrepid reporter Darcie McCann from the Northeast Kingdom Chamber of Commerce happened upon a performance of another sort in the park.

Panther Vale, the local branch of the Society for [...]

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