Made-in-Vermont rom-com spotlights local haunts with a maple twist
Rolling hills peppered with fall foliage, flannel-clad frolickers in a pumpkin patch, and the quintessential maple creemee: these are a few of the crucial elements of a Vermont autumn that "Soulmates," a feature film directed by Timothy Armstrong, captures.
Green Up Day fosters hope in Waterbury community after a bleak year
In honor of the 51st Annual Green Up Day, Waterbury residents braved morning snow flurries and afternoon sun beams to collect roadside litter.
Waterbury Rec dives back into summer swim season
The Waterbury Community Pool will once again be bustling with swimmers this summer thanks to COVID-19-adjusted protocols.
Rep. Stevens steers eugenics apology resolution to resounding House vote, 146-0
In a landslide vote on Wednesday, March 31, the Vermont House unanimously passed a resolution formally apologizing for the state government’s role in the eugenics movement of the early 20th century.
School board candidates discuss racism, inclusion in online forum
In the first of two online candidate forums hosted by the Waterbury Area Anti-Racism Coalition this week, candidates for the Harwood Unified Union School Board discussed how they would tackle issues of race and social justice within the public schools.
Gabon to the Green Mountains: Minter shares his personal Black history
In an intimate kickoff to Black History Month, one local man has decided to share his own personal history. On Monday, Feb. 1, activist Maroni Minter took to Facebook Live to share his story of growing up as a biracial man in Africa and eventually moving to the predominantly white state of Vermont.
Rare snow rollers strike a nostalgic chord
On the morning of January 17, Duxbury resident Donna Constant awoke to a peppering of large natural snowballs scattered across a neighboring field.