Motorists driving on Route 100 just south of Stowe on a misty autumn mornings may find themselves doing a double take. Is that bigfoot looming just off the side of the road?
There’s a tendency to call someone a “longtime” this or a “longtime” that, but when you crack the century mark, you leave the young ones in the dust. Ed Billings, who turns 100 on Sept. 15, didn’t move to Stowe until he was about 30 years old, but we dare say 70 years in town is a good, long time.
The British Invasion returns to Stowe Friday through Sunday, Sept. 10-12, for a weekend celebration of all things British. The event attracts 550-650 British cars from Canada and the eastern United States.
There’s a foundation to the sound of Main Street in Stowe on Thursday evenings — laughter from kids at the ice cream shop; clinking of pints at an outside table of a watering hole; a diesel pickup truck driving by.
Growing up on the West Side of Chicago in the late 1990s, Arshay Cooper had to walk like he was on a chessboard, past the turfs of no fewer than a dozen gangs on his way to Manley High School.
Readers are invited to capture the colors of the season in our 15th annual fall foliage photo contest. Send in your finest shots for consideration, and we’ll print the best in the Oct. 28 issue of the Stowe Reporter. Prizes will be awarded to the top three photos as rated by the Vermont Community Newspaper Group staff.
Do you have empty spots in your garden that could use a little sprucing up with new plants? Come and shop for plants like unusual daylilies, hellebores and more at the Lamoille Neighbors plant sale, Saturday, Sept. 18, 10 a.m.-noon, 826 Trombley Hill Road, Hyde Park.
United Church of Johnson holds a craft supply sale Friday and Saturday, Sept. 24 and 25, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
This October the Highland Center for the Arts in Greensboro will exhibit art by more than a half dozen of North America's most renowned wildlife artists. In conjunction with that exhibit, the Vermont Wildlife Coalition Education Fund is offering $2,500 in prizes to students in grades 7-12 who submit their own works of art depicting Vermont wildlife.
Stowe photographer Robert Fahey is the featured artist for the month of September at the Penny Cluse Cafe, 169 Cherry St., Burlington.
The Friends of the South Burlington Public Library used bookshop has moved into its permanent home on the second floor of the city’s new library.
South Burlington public safety officials and community members came out to remember lives lost 20 years ago during a commemorative event at Overlook Park.
Join the discussion as the city of South Burlington shares project updates related to the
The Vermont Kidney Association holds its annual walk Sunday, Sept. 26, 9 a.m., Veterans Memorial Park, 1000 Dorset St., South Burlington.
To honor Vermonters lost to COVID-19, Vermont Interfaith Action hosts a memorial service on the lawn of the Statehouse in Montpelier Sunday, Sept. 19, 3 p.m.
With woodstove season approaching, state forest officials recommend that homeowners have enough dry firewood for the winter.
Vermont Climate Council is holding a series of public events to learn about the state’s climate action plan.
The next Charlotte Senior Center Wednesday lecture is Sept. 22, “Trip to Colombia — Birds, People and Crops,” with Hank Kaestner, 212 Ferry Road.
Elmore author Sandy Lee Manning will present her new spy thriller, “Nerve Attack,” at an outdoor program in the backyard tent of the Greensboro Free Library Thursday, Sept. 23, 4 p.m.
The Stowe Republican town committee holds a reorganization meeting and cocktail social hour Saturday, Sept. 18, 4 p.m. at Stowe Bowl, 1613 Mountain Road.
Stowe Democratic Party Committee is holding its biannual reorganization meeting to elect members and officers Tuesday, Sept. 21, 5:30 p.m., outdoors at the gazebo by the Stowe Free Library.
Breathtaking foliage views make the perfect backdrop for these unique roadside attractions in Vermont.
Calling all adult hockey players. The Friends of Stowe Jackson Arena is holding the first Don Post Memorial co-ed hockey tournament Saturday, Oct. 9, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
The Trapp Cabin Trail Races are back at Trapp Family Outdoor Center Sunday, Sept. 19, for a 5K, 10K and half marathon to raise money for Green Mountain Adaptive.
Rokeby Museum hosts a family-friendly, autumnal celebration filled with kids’ activities, crafts, games, free apples, storytime and music Sunday, Sept. 19, noon-3 p.m.
Dr. William Tortolano will present a concert of organ music at Stowe Community Church, Thursday, Sept. 30, noon.
Morristown Centennial Library will show the 1980s classic love story “Dirty Dancing” Friday, Sept. 17, 7-9 p.m., 7 Richmond St.
South Burlington ash trees’ short respite from death has ended.
Join Vermont Audubon for a celebration of birds and the grand re-opening of its renovated education barn, Saturday, Sept. 25, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., 255 Sherman Hollow Road, Huntington.
I have often been stopped in my tracks by the sight of a white-tailed doe standing in the lush summer grass. Depending on the sun’s slant, the animal’s coat is a rich shade of rusty brown or burnt orange.
Annise Dobson, a postdoctoral researcher at the Yale School of Environment, leads a hike at the Hubbard Recreation and Natural Area on climate change impacts in the field and forest, Saturday, Sept. 25, 9-11 a.m.
The Johnson Food Shelf, along with the Johnson Recreation Program, is holding a Stuff the Truck event Sunday, Sept. 19, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., at Sterling Market in Johnson.
Do you grow hostas? Even if you don’t know them by name, you’ll likely recognize their neat, rounded form in the garden. Hardy in zones 3-8, they’re popular as a reliable, easy maintenance choice.
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