That conditions were going to be tough for the opening day of trout season 2011 was a surprise to no one. A long, cold winter had streams running high and cold; terrible conditions for trying to land that coveted first trout of the fishing season. Surprising, perhaps, were forecasts projecting 10 inches of fresh snow [...]
Thanks for stomping
Cheers and Jeers A big fat cheer… To the hardy soles who have stomped out a cross country ski loop inside the confines of Mettowee River Park. I skied there for the first time in the storm Tuesday night and it was pretty nice especially versus the Rail Trail. While the RT gives you plenty [...]
‘Post-holing’ or the reason you buy snowshoes
It really is winter when I go and pull out the ice fishing boots from the closet. I actually had to dust them off and not figuratively. This winter reminds me of the ones when I was a kid, big snowbanks for building forts and lot of shoveling/snowblowing. Although the area trails had lots of [...]
Riders are rarin’ to go
Family (and club) fired up for snow season It’s not every person in the Northeast who gets excited when winter finally really hits and the snow begins to fly, but every person doesn’t own a snowmobile.
‘Grinch’ tries to steal Christmas
Grinch or Grinches strike four area homes before holiday It’s more “bah humbug” than “ho ho ho” this holiday season for some area families, who were victims of a rash of daytime burglaries early last week.






VPR commentator entertains at Slate Valley Museum
By Jaime Thomas About 75 people gathered at the Slate Valley Museum Thursday evening to listen to Vermont Public Radio [...]