Point Counterpoint Faculty Ensemble performs in Salisbury

On Thursday, Aug. 25, at 7:30 p.m., the Salisbury Summer Performance Series will host a concert by the Prelude faculty of Point Counterpoint Music Camp under music director Julia Cash. The ensemble represents programs as diverse as Juilliard, Tanglewood, Eastman, and Guildhall. Its members have performed throughout the United States, Europe and Asia, from Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, and the Barbicon, to Barcelona, the Hague, Vienna, and Tokyo. They will be performing works of Bach, Vivaldi, Bacewicz, … (read more)

Octogenarian swims across Lake Dunmore

It’s not everyone who is fit enough to swim across the widest part of Lake Dunmore, but it’s far more rare to be able to swim that distance in open water at age 88.

Shard Villa gets a facelift

Shard Villa, located on Shard Villa Road off Three Mile Hill Road in Western Salisbury, is undergoing an extensive exterior paint job, headed by Glenn Stearns of Stearns Painting of West Rutland.

Local piano prodigy plays in Salisbury Aug. 19

Zachariah Burrows, who has been playing the piano for 13 years, enjoys a multitude of genres and often blends classical, jazz, and improv, as witnessed by the fact that he will be playing music by Schubert, Beethoven, Gershwin and the Beatles. 

Learn beekeeping history in Salisbury talk

William Mares will be speaking at Bees Besieged: A History of Beekeeping on Wednesday, Aug. 17 at 7 p.m. The talk will be held at the Salisbury Meeting House.

Point Counterpoint Faculty Ensemble plays in Salisbury

On Friday, Aug. 12, at 7:30 p.m., the Salisbury Summer Performance Series will host a concert by the session three faculty of Point Counterpoint Music Camp under music directors Rita Porfiris and Anton Miller.

Salisbury Summer Performance Series returns for 42nd year

The Salisbury Congregational Church announces the 42nd season of the Salisbury Summer Performance Series, which will open with the first of four concerts by the faculty ensembles of Point Counterpoint Music Camp on July 1.

Salisbury & Cornwall opt for covered bridge

A majority of townspeople and public officials in both Cornwall and Salisbury want the state to build a new version of the historic Station Covered Bridge that once connected the two towns across the Otter Creek, via Creek Road (in Salisbury) and Swamp Ro … (read more)

Replacement bridge to link Cornwall, Salisbury

Town officials want public feedback on what type of span will replace the covered bridge destroyed in 2016.

College names Citizen’s Award recipients

Middlebury College honored three Addison County residents for their contributions.

Big fire destroys Tarkey’s Lodge on Lake Dunmore

A fire consumed Tarkey’s Lodge near Lake Dunmore in Salisbury on Monday afternoon. No one was hurt in the five-alarm fire.

New program pays farmers for phosphorus reductions

The Goodrich Farm in Salisbury is doing everything it can to keep up with technological changes in the agriculture industry that aim to keep damaging phosphorus out of Vermont rivers and lakes.

Back-to-the-landers built a groovy lifestyle and business

After more than three decades of building a successful woodworking business and store from scratch, Merle and Kathryn Schloff are ready to rediscover in retirement the sense of wanderlust that brought them to Vermont in the early 1970s.

‘Amahl and the Night Visitors’ resumes in Salisbury

Josh Collier has just what we need to spice up our holiday traditions. He’s bringing “Amahl and the Night Visitors,” a 40-minute opera to the Salisbury Congregational Church on Dec. 17 and 18.  

Ann McGuinness Halnon, 93, of Salisbury

SALISBURY — Ann McGuinness Halnon, age 93, passed away in the comfort of her home on Oct. 27, 2021, in Salisbury, Vt. Ann was born at home on Aug. 3, 1928, in Brooklyn, N.Y. She was the youngest child of the late Maryann “Molly” McCabe McGuinness and the … (read more)

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