When Maria Graham hatched the idea to build an outdoor ice rink in Middlebury just in time for the February school break, it didn’t take long to rustle up community support. Within a week, Graham’s coworker Janet Lapiner, who is on the ACSD Community Partnership Council’s “Joy Committee” — yes, that’s a real thing — […]
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I was gliding over the ice under the lights on a Friday night when I realized: This is how Vermonters do winter. We had met up with another family at the outdoor ice rink at Vermont Trade Winds Farm in Shoreham. The sky was moody and the air was crisp. We noodled around with hockey sticks and
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The Bristol Conservation Commission invites you to explore the outdoors with its Winter Scavenger Hunt! Head outdoors wherever you’d like (it doesn’t have to be in Bristol) and find 20 of the 22 items listed. Submit your game card to the Lawrence Memorial Library by March 9, 2021 to be entered into the raffle. Raffle
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Remember when we used to do stuff indoors during the winter? My family used to spent an awful lot of time lingering in the Snow Bowl lodge, in Junebug, in the children’s room at Ilsley Library and the college field house. We’ve loved spending more time outdoors this winter. But sometimes I just want a
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The weekend before Christmas, my family and I hosted a physically distant holiday extravaganza called the CocoaPort. Inspired by COVID restrictions — and the lack of a downtown hot cocoa hut — we created a series of magical, mechanical contraptions to deliver cocoa fixins to friends and family at a distance. We also had a miniature
When I called Wayne Smith to ask about his magnificently over-the-top holiday lights display, which I had visited for the first time the night before, he said, incredulously, “How long have you lived in Addison County?! And this was your first time?!” Wayne and his wife, Diane, have created an outrageous wonderland of illumination on their Salisbury
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The Addison County Parent/Child Center has done incredible work in our community for 40 years. To celebrate the anniversary, they are holding an online auction (through December 13) — and looking back at the families they got to know over the years. This piece about a former PCC participant was contributed by Kathryn Torres. It
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This Thanksgiving, I wondered whether Californians discuss their lawns the way that Vermonters discuss their heat. When our family had recently moved to Vermont, my husband and I noticed that a certain topic never failed to arouse interest and strong opinions during gatherings with Vermonters. (This was back in the days when there were gatherings.)
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Are you planning to ski or snowboard this year? The Middlebury Snow Bowl opens December 9. And it will look a bit different this year. One change: The Snow Bowl ski shop is hosting scheduled fittings for folks who want to lease equipment. The first is this Thursday at the college’s Kirk Alumni Center (at
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