The rainbow above shows Burke Mountain (taken from Vermont Mornings HQ) after a few passing showers ahead of a forecast that says we’ll be sun-drenched for the entire weekend.  The Caledonia County Fair is underway, all is well. It’s Better Here. Oh, the picture was taken by a Droid X.  Wow.

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The way I see it,  you turn fifty and you have only two choices.  You can buy into middle age and prepare for that gradual decline of…everything.  OR…you do what you can to fight the common wisdom and make however long you’re given…whether a week, a month, or thirty years…as productive and active as possible.  [...]

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Hervé Filion, a legend in harness racing.  Now 70, he is one of the winningest drivers in history.  If you’re a fan of trotters and pacers, head up (or down) to Barton, Vermont and enjoy the 143rd Orleans County Fair.  There’s racing both Thursday and Friday this week, post time is 1:00.  Get there at [...]

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That’s how much rain they got up in Westmore last Wednesday. This picture was taken by meteorologist Chris Bouchard of Mill Brook, up Long Pond Road.   A small landslide on Mount Pisgah forced the closing of Route 5A and the report of 4.1″ of rain came from Arthur Brooks, the head of the board [...]

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Open Letter to First Lady Michelle Obama Dear Michelle, I am a chef at an independent high school in Northern Vermont. Your work with the White House garden and promoting healthy food choices has been amazing. Presidential food influences have historically meant penchants for jellybeans and Big Macs™, unease with grocery stores, vegetables, and scallops, [...]

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Need we say more? Discovered walking on Memorial Drive, Lyndonville, Vermont on Tuesday, the 20th of July 2010. UPDATE! His name is Eric Bendl, he’s from Louisville, Kentucky and he and his son Ethan are walking from Washington D.C. to Acadia, Maine to raise awareness about diabetes.  Their website is: www.worldguy.org. Oh yeah, the dog’s [...]

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…and biggest ever Stars & Stripes Festival continues as of this posting (around 7:30 PM EDT Saturday) with the street dance.  Started by the Lyndon State College Foundation, the Lyndon Area Chamber of Commerce took over three years ago, and much like the chamber, the festival continues to grow and grow.  The parade began with [...]

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Vermonters turned out along roadsides this morning in tribute to a fallen Vermont soldier.

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COLCHESTER, Vermont — A Vermont National Guard soldier has died in Afghanistan, the state’s Adjutant Gen. Michael Dubie said.Dubie said Specialist Ryan Grady, 25, of West Burke, Vt., was killed by an improvised explosive device near Bagram.Grady, who was the son of a guard members and the brother of a soldier currently serving in Afghanistan, [...]

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The Vermont State Fiddle Championship shared space with the 40th annual Burklyn Arts & Crafts Fair at Bandstand Park in Lyndonville on Saturday, and with another day of nothing but sunshine and warm temperatures, it featured fiddlers from age seven to well over seventy.  They covered it all, but it really was all about the [...]

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