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Close encounters of the furred kind: black bears among us

Every fall, the Charlotte Front Porch Forum lights up with the strange reports: lights over the lake, ghost stories, strange animal encounters in the night. They sometimes come with blurry photos, speculative comments. As a member of your local conservation commission, I’d like to encourage you to keep an eye...

Charlotte, VT · 3d
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Social Dances Offer Fun, Connection and an Antidote to Winter Isolation

Before Jack Daly of Burlington showed up at his first social dance in 2016, the only dancing he’d done besides “jumping up and down at rock concerts” involved a single frustrating salsa class with a very stern teacher. But in the dark winter months after the breakup of his marriage, the then-64-year-old’s spirits were low. He hadn’t gotten out of the house in a while. When he heard about a pop-up dance event just around the corner on Pine Street, he checked it out.

Burlington, VT · 4d
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Lafayette City Council rejects proposed new downtown AI bar

The Lafayette Council met late into the night on Tuesday, and in the end, members voted down a new high-tech bar in downtown Lafayette. The decision came down amid concerns about safety in the downtown area. The owner had planned to use artificial intelligence bartenders to staff the club.

Burlington, VT · 4d
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5 College Towns Worth the Trip on a Campus Tour Road Trip

Campus tours have a reputation for being a box to tick: a parking lot, an info session, a guide walking backward across the quad. Planned well, though, they can be one of the best road trips you’ll take as a family. College towns pack great food, walkable downtowns and easy access to the outdoors into a small area. Touring them is also a rare chance to spend a few days with your teen before life gets busy.

Burlington, VT · 3d
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At The Box Office: ‘Paper Tiger’

This week film critic Julia Swift discussed "Paper Tiger", a mob film following a New-York family.

Burlington, VT · 2d

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Vermont musician and collage artist's song is a tour of his neighborhood

Vermont author, musician and collage artist Ben Roque has been in the Green Mountain State's music scene since 2000, and recently released a new album titled “Raindrop Baby." Roque said the lyrics in the song “Sirens" include several notable locations in Vermont's largest city, Burlington. "'Sirens' is a...

Vermont · 2d

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Winooski residents raise concerns over horse-and-carriage plans

Winooski's newly-opened Sugar House Hotel wants to offer horse rides around the meadow in the Casavant Nature Area. But a lot of residents aren't on board.

Winooski, VT · 4d

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Logger DeWees applauds Prius drivers for relieving constipated moose

GREENSBORO – Local legend Rusty DeWees brought his authentically Vermont and rather spicy comedy-meets-music act “The Logger and the Fiddler” to the Highland Center for the Arts (HCA) on Saturday, Nov. 7. Wearing a trucker baseball cap and well-worn, rugged work boots, DeWees performed his signature character...

Greensboro, VT · 4d

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Swanton House of Pizza closing after more than 50 years

A Swanton pizza restaurant with a history going back decades is closing permanently.

Swanton, VT · 5d

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Deep frying your Thanksgiving turkey? Here's what not to do

Many people have turned to deep-frying their holiday turkey for convenience. If you don’t want your Thanksgiving to go up in flames, the Red Cross and the Burlington Fire Department have teamed up to show you what not to do.

Burlington, VT · 4d

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Stuck in Vermont: The First Musical at the New Burlington High School

The past six years were bumpy ones for the students and staff of Burlington High School. In 2020, the pandemic shifted students to remote learning. Later that fall, the New North End campus closed due to PCB contamination, and BHS moved into a former Macy’s department store downtown. The...

Burlington, VT · 3d

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Chewing a Delactable Meal: Chewology in Westport offers a unique experience for Asian food

I could see the neon “CHEWOLOGY” sign before I even entered the restaurant. But, even more noticeable than the electric teal and hot pink sign above the crowded bar were the characters above the lettering. Chewology — a Taiwanese restaurant located in Westport, Missouri — was the perfect...

Westport, NY · 4d

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Adirondack Architectural Salvage in Keeseville a success

Adirondack Architectural Salvage is located in the former Pray’s Family Farm Market on State Route 9N in Keeseville. — KEESEVILLE | The proverb “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure” means that something one person considers useless or worthless can be highly valuable or meaningful to someone else. The Adirondack Architectural Salvage brings that proverb to life.

Keeseville, NY · 4d

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Last Call at Vermont Pub & Brewery in Burlington

Vermont Pub & Brewery’s Forbidden Fruit has been a gateway beer for several generations of young Burlington drinkers. Elise Pecor, like many others, drank her first glass of the sour brewed with 500 pounds of raspberries the day after she turned 21. She liked it so much that she kept coming back, became friends with the bartenders and got a part-time job as a host. Since December 2019, she’s owned the place.

Burlington, VT · 4d

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Jenna’s Café in Johnson Relaunches Under Recovery Nonprofit

The daytime café at 38 Main Street in Johnson, formerly known as Jenna’s Coffee House, has relaunched as Jenna’s Café with scratch-made baked goods and a weekly “Grandma’s dinner” comfort-food special. The café is one of three enterprises in town that provide work experience to participants in the nonprofit Jenna’s Promise, a comprehensive substance-use disorder recovery program. The others are JP’s Promising Goods, a retailer of overstock products and appliances, and coffee roastery Jenna’s Promise Roasting.

Hyde Park, VT · 4d

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North Country commissary kitchen fuels schools with local produce, meals

The kitchen mixes up handmade ranch dressing from North Country Creamery yogurt.

Peru, NY · 5d

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Magnificent 7: Must-See, Must-Do Events in and Around Vermont, November 11-18

Lyric Theatre prepares audiences for the most wonderful time. of the year with its production of Elf the Musical at the Flynn Main Stage in Burlington. Based on the early-2000s blockbuster starring Will Ferrell, this rollicking holiday musical brings the tale of Buddy — an elf-raised human who journeys to New York City to find his father — from the screen to the stage.

Vermont · 5d

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Save the Dates: Winter Fun for the Whole Family

Good things truly come in small packages at the Brattleboro Festival of Miniatures, where wee scenes of wonder and whimsy pop up in shop windows all around town, rewarding a stroll with unexpected discoveries. Other highlights: a gingerbread barn and mini cookie contest, model railroads, the Museum of Things Tiny and Found, and a diminutive tea party, served from itty-bitty tea sets.

Brattleboro, VT · 5d

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Visiting the Boardroom, Burlington’s Only Board-Game Café

The walls of the Boardroom, Burlington’s only board game café, are covered in local art for sale, knickknacks and witty signs. One in particular captures the ethos perfectly: “NO WIFI. Play Boardgames. Talk to Each Other.”. On a recent Saturday afternoon when I visited the café with...

Burlington, VT · 5d