Christmas
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Munschauer gives a piece of himself each holiday season
If you’re fortunate enough to be one of the 56 people on Dr. Tom Munschauer’s Christmas card list, you’ve just received a small sampling of his creative oeuvre:…
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Candlelight service to be held Saturday, Dec. 23, in Starksboro
The Starksboro Village Meeting House will offer its special Christmas Candlelight service on Saturday, Dec. 23, 2023, at 7 p.m. The program of lessons and carols will be…
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Guest editorial: Yes, Virginia
Virginia, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age.
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Lights glow one final time for holiday display
For the past 30 years, Wayne and Diane Smith’s light show has been a hallmark of the holiday season in Addison County.
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Jessie Raymond: Not enough stress? Make candy!
Are you looking at the few remaining hours before Christmas thinking, “What else can I squeeze into this already frenetic week to add even more chaos to the…
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Letter to the editor: Christmas is about more than gifts
Christmastime has become like the old wood in the 1800s farmhouse the new owner of which decides to paint it so that it can look different and be…
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Faith Gong: A nearsighted holiday
As I am writing this there are nine days left until Christmas, and we still don’t have a Christmas tree.
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Historic Starksboro Meeting House hosts candlelight service
The Starksboro Village Meeting House will once again offer its special Christmas Candlelight service, this year on Friday, Dec. 23, at 7 p.m.
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Letter to the editor: Wreath thief has no Christmas spirit
To the person/persons who stole a Christmas wreath form the Preble stone in the Middlebury Cemetery, I wish you peace.
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Many make Toys for Kids successful
The Vergennes Lions Club reports that over 250 children of all ages received at least two toys at their Toys for Kids Shop, held this December thanks to…
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State officials forecast Christmas COVID surge
So far only a handful of Vermonters have tested positive for the Omicron variant of COVID-19, state health officials said on Dec. 21. But that won’t be true…
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The Outside Story: Balsam Fir — A Favorite Christmas Tree
Every year my husband and I cut a Christmas tree on family land. We look for a young balsam fir growing in the power line right-of-way or in…
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Jessie Raymond: No shame in starting Christmas early
It was Saturday, Nov. 27. I asked Mark to take a circuitous route, so people wouldn’t suspect where we were going. He declined, instead driving straight to the…
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Christmas tree shortage less severe here than elsewhere
As the 2021 Christmas tree season got under way, a Vermont wholesaler that sells to out-of-state markets approached the folks at Werner Tree Farm in Middlebury and offered…
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Forest service offering Christmas tree permits
U.S. Forest Service officials in Vermont are welcoming the public to select and cut a Christmas tree on the Green Mountain National Forest with the purchase of a…
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Sing carols with Ronnie Romano (virtually)
The virtual program will feature holiday favorites played on Henry L. Sheldon’s historic Chickering piano.