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Help count birds this winter

Thu, 12/05/2019 - 12:18pm meganj

CROWS IN THIS Middlebury tree will be an easy target for the annual Christmas Bird Count, which will take place in several Addison County locations in mid-December. Independent file photo/John S. McCright

ADDISON COUNTY — Every year dozens of birders head into the fields and woods of Addison County, while dozens more bird enthusiasts watch at their birdfeeders in December to spot and identify the nu

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Cut your own tree in the National Forest

Thu, 12/05/2019 - 12:14pm meganj

ANYONE CAN GO out into the Green Mountain National Forest and cut a Christmas tree like this one in Lincoln if they get a $5 permit from the U.S. Forest Service and follow a few rules. Photo by Ethan Ready

RUTLAND — U.S. Forest Service officials in Vermont are encouraging the public to purchase Christmas tree removal permits should they be interested in a $5 tree for the holidays.

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An Orwell writer enlists local artists in her exploration of alcoholism, recovery

Thu, 12/05/2019 - 12:05pm meganj

EMILY CASEY OF Orwell, will give a talk on Thursday, Dec. 12, at 6 p.m., about her new collection of essays “Made Holy.” The conversation will take place at the Ilsley Library in Middlebury in conjunction with an exhibit of eight pieces of artwork done by Vermont artists to represent portions of one of Casey’s essays. PHOTO / LESLIE TWITCHELL

ORWELL — Emily Casey didn’t always like essays.

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A guide to Middlebury's 'coffee revolution'

Thu, 12/05/2019 - 11:59am meganj

MATTHEW DELIA-LOBO works on a coffee creation at Royal Oak Coffee on Seymour Street in Middlebury. Photo by Hope Allison

MIDDLEBURY — On the wall in Royal Oak Coffee, alongside the hanging plants and stylish geometric artwork, is a brightly-colored print entitled “The New Taster’s Flavor Wheel.” With more than fifty

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Celebrating Livingston Taylor's half-century of music making

Thu, 12/05/2019 - 11:50am meganj

LIVINGSTON TAYLOR WILL perform at Town Hall Theatre in Middlebury on Saturday, Dec. 14, at 7 p.m., in celebration of over 50 years of making music.

MIDDLEBURY — Livingston Taylor’s career as a professional musician has spanned 52 years.

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Salisbury church hosts opera performances

Thu, 12/05/2019 - 11:45am meganj

SALISBURY — BARN OPERA completes its second season “The Season of Love” with Giancarlo Menotti’s holiday opera, “Amahl and the Night Visitors.” This production will be performed by an all-Vermont p

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Holiday music to ring out at Vergennes church

Thu, 12/05/2019 - 11:44am meganj

JENNY BOWER WILL be one of the local performers during this year’s Mission Concert at the Vergennes Congregational Church on Sunday, Dec. 8, from 2-4 p.m. Free admission.

VERGENNES — The fourth annual Mission Concert at the Vergennes Congregational Church will be held on Sunday, Dec. 8, from 2-4 p.m.

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New Middwinds Trio to debut at winter concerts

Thu, 12/05/2019 - 11:40am meganj

MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury Community Wind Ensemble will present its winter concerts on Friday, Dec. 6, 7 p.m., at Mount Abraham Union High School, and Wednesday, Dec.

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MNFF Selects continues with Aretha Franklin film

Thu, 12/05/2019 - 11:38am meganj

ORIGINALLY DIRECTED AND shot by the great Sydney Pollack over two days at Los Angeles’ New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in 1972, "Amazing Grace" was conceived as “the two-day concert recording of what remains Aretha Franklin’s (and live gospel music’s) best and biggest-selling album,” relates Wesley Morris in the New York Times.

MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival continues its MNFF Selects film screening series on Sunday, Dec.

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Editorial: Is Vermont's DPS waging war on the state's solar industry?

Thu, 12/05/2019 - 11:31am meganj

In a little noticed Department of Public Service review of the state’s current net-metering structure, the DPS recommends to the Public Utility Commission that the net-metering rate be reduced from

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