Welcome to Victory Mills, Vermont.  Population: Small. Real small. So small it’s not even a real town. It’s a village. A small collection of homes and shops on an old county road that runs through what used to be a remote U.S. Military radar base. I am its newest resident. There’s not a lot going [...]

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The Dark Clown Jingo just completed a one-night stand at Catamount Arts  in St. Johnsbury as part of the Belly Dance Circus. The crowd was standing room, the show was wicked, the After Party is still going on.  He sent us this note…  I’m looking for a new rickshaw driver. Young Kyle is no longer [...]

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Newman stopped eating last Friday afternoon.  He stopped drinking Sunday and spent the past twenty-four hours talking a few last steps and then he laid down next to the desk.  He waited for Cindy to return from Florida, we all said our last goodbyes, and at 3:30 on Monday, he sighed his last breath and [...]

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The peak display will probably be right around the middle of next week, but the annual foliage display is underway in Northern New England.  On Saturday, Burke held its 22nd Annual Burke Foliage Festival, the biggest ever, with a parade, sixty-plus arts and crafts vendors, plenty of fun things for the kids and lots of [...]

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The only known picture of the very first broadcast of VermontMornings.com: Note the temperature translator under the table, provided by meteorologist Gabby Isobar. ©2009 Booptrax, all rights reserved

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Piper’s Bakery in Lyndonville closed its doors today.  I had stopped in earlier in the week when I heard the news and had one of their amazing sandwiches, grilled chicken and vegetables on some of their fresh baked bread.  Early this Saturday afternoon, heading home from Rosh Hashanah services at Beth El, Ben and I [...]

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Actually, it’s Darcie McCann’s finger.  Darcie is the executive director of the Northeast Kingdom Chamber of Commerce.   If you run into her, be sure to ask how this happened…

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So…the Great Radio Legend Dave Rowell wants to be my Facebook friend. So many questions! First and foremost is…why? After all, this is a man who once tried to kill me. And he damn near succeeded. Rowell’s shock & awe assault on my internal organs four years ago left me wallowing in pain and howling [...]

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Jingo took the night off Monday to watch the Patriots on an old black &  white Emerson TV in his dressing room. He sent this note. When I’m getting ready to watch football, I like to call in the services of what is known in the business as a “fluffer.” You know, someone – preferably [...]

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Editor’s Note:  Jingo The Dark Clown skipped today’s rehearsal for the much anticipated premiere of the Belly Dance Circus on Sept 26 at Catamount Arts in St. Johnsbury.  Sources say he became enraged after watching Kanye West disrupt Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech at last night’s MTV Video Music Awards. We called him for a comment. [...]

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