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...
by Andrew McKeever | Feb 25, 2018
The end of February and beginning of March signal the annual arrival of two important institutions in Vermont – the start of sugaring season and Town Meeting Day. Everybody who’s ever eaten a pancake knows something about maple syrup, even if you’ve...
by Andrew McKeever | Feb 17, 2018
It’s President’s Day weekend, and we’re back open. Throughout the rest of the winter and spring, we’ll be open Fridays through Mondays, from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. During our winter hiatus since Martin Luther King Day, we’ve been to a...
by Andrew McKeever | Feb 4, 2018
While we’re still on our mid-winter hiatus, which come to an end on Friday, Feb. 16, when we reopen for President’s Weekend, it seems like a good time to ponder some longterm trends and local efforts by some of our area’s community leaders to adjust...
by Andrew McKeever | Jan 28, 2018
Hello Friends; As promised, we’re trying to keep up with our blog posts through the “bleak mid-winter,” as the old Christmas carol puts it. Actually it’s been a pretty up and down one – lots of snow and cold weather, followed by rain and...
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