Staff Blog
Weather Watch: Looking Back on a Soggy Year
The weather forecast over the New Year weekend was complex, and almost comical in its variety.
Addison County saw snow showers, sleet, unusually warm temperatures, waves of rain, and fog. After the weekend ended we...
Staff Blog: Top 10 on the web
At the end of every year, the Addy Indy staff sits down in the newsroom and works out our picks for the top 10 stories of the year. Some choices are clear-cut, and other times it requires scanning back through a year's worth of front pages,...
Table Talk: Five gallons of cider hit the floor
Pictured above is a glass carboy with a handle around the neck, just like the volatile combination referenced in this post. Photo from Flickr user stuttermonkey.
As a homebrewer of beer and cider, the thought of a glass carboy — full of...
Weather Watch: White Christmas?
As I type this blog post, there is not a bit of snow to be seen in East Middlebury.
It is 35 degrees out, and drizzling. The temperature is slowly rising, and heavier rain is in the forecast for today. Freezing rain and sleet are also...
Weather Watch: Colder Weather Brings Beautiful Ice Formations
December temperatures have mostly been above average in Addison County, but over the last week, nighttime temperatures in the low 20s have caused the formation of some beautiful ice formations on local rivers and streams.
Vermont’s...
On the Radio: John Flowers on WDEV, 12/13/11
Senior reporter John Flowers makes a weekly Tuesday radio appearance on Morning News Service, a program on Waterbury-based WDEV, 96.1 FM. He wraps up recent Addison County news for listeners across Vermont.
This week he chats about a Middlebury...
Weather Watch: Unusually Warm Feels Cold
It felt extremely cold outside last night.
There was a light but cutting wind, the temperature was around 35 degrees, and it was raining. Persistent drizzle mixed in with occasional spitting rain. The raindrops cut like ice when they hit...
Snake Mountain from the secret side
Snake Mountain has to be the most popular day-hike in Addison County. It’s an easy walk, the views are unique and expansive, and it’s only a short drive from anywhere else in our part of the Champlain Valley.
As such, I thought I...
Weather Watch: Downsloping and a Temporary Bristol Desert
On the day before Thanksgiving, I awoke to see about what I expected to see outside - a couple of inches of wet snow.
The accumulation in East Middlebury was a bit less than forecast, but not surprisingly so. As we set off to drive to...
Table Talk: Kale or chicken?
Spend enough time in this state, and it's not too hard to find a t-shirt, hoodie or bumper sticker emblazoned with the "Eat More Kale" slogan.
The Montpelier operation is far from a large one, though. It's a one-man company run...