Vergennes farmers market finds a home for winter

VERGENNES — The LuLu Ice Cream shop in downtown Vergennes will host the Vergennes Farmers Market a half-dozen times on Saturday mornings this winter, starting on Nov. 23. The markets will be monthly with the exception of December. During the run-up to the holidays, the market will set up shop twice, on Dec. 7 and 21, at 185 Main St. — right at the downtown traffic light.   The other Saturdays the farmers market will be open are Jan. 18, Feb. 15 and March 21. Operating hours for each will be 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. … (read more)

When late October arrives, lots of people are planning this year’s Halloween costumes, buying candy for trick-or-treaters, or otherwise filling their days with happy anticipation of a sugar-filled holiday. Not me. I am thinking about the time. Every year … (read more)

Click on the link below for the printable version of the Winter Coloring Contest.

It’s happened again. Leaves are getting crispy, flowers are going to seed and the air is beginning to cool. As hard frosts become a reality, it is almost time to start thinking about cutting back our perennials and putting our gardens to bed. I’d like to … (read more)

I remember the cold coming on when I lived in the Northeast Kingdom. Seeing the first of the early morning frost and hearing trucks backing up to homes and dumping loads of cut logs. The logs were split into manageable sizes and tossed down bulkheads into … (read more)

MIDDLEBURY — The Charter House Coalition (CHC) has hired additional staff and is putting the finishing touches on major upgrades to its Middlebury warming shelter at 27 North Pleasant St. in anticipation of serving a steady stream of homeless clients that … (read more)

Winter is a terrible time of year. It’s cold. It’s dark. You have to spend a half hour putting on heavy clothing just to walk to the mailbox. We all have chronic seasonal depressive disorder. And many of us flee to Florida to escape. I do not. I would not … (read more)

Winter is a terrible time of year. It’s cold. It’s dark. You have to spend a half hour putting on heavy clothing just to walk to the mailbox. We all have chronic seasonal depressive disorder. And many of us flee to Florida to escape. I do not. I would not … (read more)