“Growing giant pumpkins is a radically joyful act in the face of overwhelming existential darkness,” said Ethan Nelson, who, unlike Ed Harley, has been growing his joy since he saw Dan Boyce’s Vermont record one-ton pumpkin in 2018.
Month: September 2022
Visionary teachers Josh Hardt and Devon Karpak set their sights on blazing new paths at OVUHS
The high-school years are tough on even the most focused kids. And yet they set the stage for so much of what happens later in life.
Pittsford’s Maclure Library gets new windows thanks to 1772 Foundation and Preservation Trust
In August, new storm windows were installed on 20 of the 38 windows at the library. Gone are the old aluminum windows, originally installed more than 50 years ago. In their place are custom-made wood storm windows manufactured and delivered by H. Hirschmann LTD of West Rutland.
Vicious dog hearing in Brandon comes to a peaceful conclusion
The issue began last May when one of Ashleigh and Jeff Heath’s dogs, a blue heeler, jumped the four-foot fence dividing their properties and bit Christie Whittemore’s whippet, Lou-Lou, who was not seriously injured.
AG’s office settles allegations of abuse, neglect with Rutland residential care homes
Following its investigation, the Vermont Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud and Residential Abuse Unit (MFRAU) announced a settlement with Our House Residential Care Homes on August 31.
Brandon Town Hall to show rare vintage crime melodrama “The Flying Ace” (1926)
Can discrimination exist in an America where everyone is Black? That’s among the questions posed by The Flying Ace(1926), a rare surviving example of movies produced early in the 20th century for Black audiences in segregated cinemas.
Gosselin steals spot in Vermont 200 Limited Sportsman “Win & You’re In” at Devil’s Bowl
Other feature winners in the Saturday portion of the weekend event included Elmo Reckner, Daryl Gebo, Allen Hewitt, and Griff Mahoney.
Local artists deal with common and uncommon threads
“Common Thread” is a new fabric and fiber arts exhibit by Althea Bilodeau Lamb and Judith Reilly.
Brandon’s volunteer-led “Adopt-a-Garden” sows civic beauty
Sarah Pattis helped organize a group of like-minded citizens in the “Adopt-a-Garden” program that’s kept downtown filled with flower gardens throughout summer, and now into to fall.