No, it’s not a James Bond movie, it’s what was in the sky throughout much of Vermont last night…thunder with snow, sleet and freezing rain.  LOUD thunder, brilliant lightning and some new weather memories to tell the grandchildren in another generation or two. Meteorologist Chris Bouchard at the Fairbanks Museum explained it this way: “On [...]

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From wire sources: WILLISTON, Vt. (AP) — Vermont’s Republican gubernatorial candidate Brian Dubie has conceded the race to his Democratic opponent Peter Shumlin. Dubie made the announcement at a Wednesday morning news conference at his Williston campaign headquarters. His concession came after unofficial results from Tuesday’s polling gave Shumlin a lead of about 3,000 votes [...]

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The calendar still says early Autumn, but most of Vermont is well past peak foliage.  This photo was taken in Woodstock, en route to a hockey clinic on a Saturday morning in the middle of October. And this pair of turkeys (a whole rafter, actually) stopped by the VermontMornings.com apple tree, gorged, and moved on.

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Along with several other states, it’s Primary Day here in Vermont.  In most places, polls are open until 7:00 PM. If you don’t vote today, your license to bitch about almost anything is revoked.  If you don’t vote today, shut the hell up.  You don’t get democracy.

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

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On Friday morning, the fog lifted and ushered in brilliantly blue skies, the cars with out of state (and out of province) license plates started arriving early in the morning and by Friday afternoon, the Northeast Kingdom was packed. The 2nd Annual Vermont Fourth Festival got underway with a strawberry dinner in East Burke Village [...]

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Summer officially begins at 7:28 Monday morning EDT, but for the last couple of weeks, we’ve been enjoying The Long Days.  The dawn’s early bright suggests itself at about 3:45 AM and if you’re outside at 9:00 PM, you realize that the twilight has lasted longer and longer.  Look northward and the glow you see [...]

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Anywhere from eight to twenty-four inches of snow has fallen in the last twenty-four hours throughout Vermont, which was the hardest hit part of New England.  We had periodic outages of the Radio Stream today but reports from servers, service providers and the electric company are that all is well from here on in. Coming [...]

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April 28, 2010: ‘Nuff said… Friday’s forecast:  Sunny, highs in the mid 60′s. (pictures by staff photographer Alyssa Nichols)

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