by Andrew McKeever | Sep 16, 2018
One of the biggest days on our calendar is rapidly approaching. Mark Saturday, Oct. 13, for a trip up to the Northshire, as we tend to call it up this way (Bennington County in Vermont is one of those unique places where, growing out of colonial times, counties were...
by Andrew McKeever | Jul 22, 2018
One of the things we hope to highlight on these pages are new and interesting products that keep arriving to help you bring new creative twists and looks to your holiday decorating. One of them is these new tree lights from Roman, Inc., a company we’ve been...
by Andrew McKeever | Jun 24, 2018
One of the things we used to enjoy highlighting in our newsletters back in the era before websites, blogs and social media were all the activities you could enjoy while cruising the Green Mountain State, with a special eye as to what you could do here, in our corner...
by Andrew McKeever | Jun 16, 2018
A few of you may remember I weighed in on the subject of our neighbors in the next-door town of Arlington undertaking a local civic initiative to bring a little “shine” back to the town some feared it had lost. In case you missed it, you can find it here:...
by Andrew McKeever | May 19, 2018
You never know what you’re going to find when the age-old desire to clean out the old file drawers and boxes taped shut years ago meet their moment of reckoning. If you’re like me, you probably have an unlimited number of good intentions about finally...
by Andrew McKeever | Apr 29, 2018
Back in 2010, we went through an upgrade in our technology and invested in some new computer gear. Along with a new laptop came a video camera to replace the old and now obsolete one we’d used since the late 1980s to shoot family movies and events, and recorded...
by Andrew McKeever | Apr 14, 2018
In my other life I work for a local community access television station based – handily for me – just a mile or so up the road from Christmas Days. GNAT-TV – short for GREATER NORTHSHIRE ACCESS TELEVISION – is one of about 25 so-called...
by Andrew McKeever | Mar 25, 2018
OK, OK, we know – it just turned Spring last week. And not a moment too soon. It’s been a long winter here in Vermont, at least if you’re not a skier or snowshoe enthusiast. Or maybe your thing is shoveling snow. Whatever. For the rest of us,...
by Andrew McKeever | Mar 11, 2018
Well, town meeting season has come and gone, and once again it was a great exercise in civil democracy. In my other life as a journalist, I got to cover several local town meetings and even got on statewide television, courtesy of the good folks at Vermont PBS, to...
by Andrew McKeever | Mar 4, 2018
Ah, maple syrup. There may be a few more iconic symbols of Vermont, but right up there on the list has to be that sweet flowing stuff that fits so perfectly on top of waffles, pancakes or for that matter, any sort of breakfast-brunch comfort food. It tastes pretty...
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