Next Wednesday, May 1, Stowe voters will decide the fate of the town’s nascent short-term rental ordinance at a special meeting held at Stowe High School at 6 p.m.
Lamoille County Cannabis and its associated cannabis gummy manufacturing operation, Lindies Kitchen, have been shut down by the Vermont Cannabis Control Board after its owner’s domestic troubles severely disrupted the business, resulting in an unsanctioned change in management, an unsecured supply of drugs and allegations of theft.
Among the throngs of people heading out of Stowe en masse after the April 8 total solar eclipse was at least one Rhode Island family that hadn’t planned on leaving.
While the Vermont Transportation Agency oversees work on the state’s network of inter-town highways, Lamoille County towns all have their own roadwork to-do lists.
On the morning of May 4, a plume of smoke may rise near Mansfield View Road in Stowe during a fire-department-controlled burn.
As interest has grown in ranked choice voting in the Legislature, towns, interest groups and voters, the Vermont Secretary of State’s Office and the League of Women Voters of Vermont is hosting a two-part virtual to “inform debate and raise the profile of this system of voting.”
Occupancy rates this winter may have sagged a bit under the weight of all that erratic weather, but the post-pandemic tourism boom in Stowe is looking more and more like it’s here to stay.
After a short but turbulent ownership, Stoweflake Mountain Resort was quietly sold off by MCR hotels at the end of last year for $19 million to Jamsan Management.
At the final of four monthly legislative breakfasts hosted Monday by the Lamoille Economic Development Corporation, it was perhaps fitting that, as folks munched on pastries, the biggest pastry of all was the central topic of the day.
After December flooding forced the closure of a bridge that effectively bisected Stowe’s Quiet Path, town employees scrambled to build a new one a few hundred feet away instead of waiting a much longer time to go through local and state permitting processes.
Bob Burley, a tenant at the Morrisville-Stowe Airport, said the airport was packed last week with planes, passengers and pilots who flew in to catch the sight of the total solar eclipse on April 8. He said all northern Vermont airports reported similar attendance.
A man who admitted last year that he sexually assaulted and beat two underage family members will serve at least a decade and a half in prison.
Here’s how the Raiders fared in the past week.
Sunday brought an end to the lift-served portion of this year’s ski season at Stowe Mountain Resort. A sun-drenched closing day would have been the ideal final act but from The Scribe’s perspective that did not seem to be the case.
The Mountain Road in Stowe is well known for its après ski establishments. A skiing buddy of mine, the late John Fox, had been on the ski patrol at Glen Ellen before joining the Mt. Mansfield Ski Patrol. He always said his wife couldn’t understand why it took him longer to get back to his home in South Burlington from Stowe than it had from Glen Ellen!
The Champlain Trio will open the Noon Music in May concerts presented by Stowe Performing Arts on Wednesday, May 1. The concert series, now in its fifth decade, is held in Stowe Community Church from noon to 1 p.m. every Wednesday during the month of May.
The Aurora Chamber Singers will present its spring concert, “Seeds of Modernism,” at the College Street Congregational Church, 265 College St., in Burlington, on Saturday, May 11, at 7:30 p.m.
If you take to the water this spring, there’s a good chance you’ll spot a great blue heron, New England’s most recognizable large wading bird. But you might also see one of several other similar species that breed in or pass through our region’s wetlands.
Every year, more than 1,000 survivors of sexual assault reached out to the Vermont Network Against Domestic and Sexual Violence member organizations across the state. Countless other survivors were unable to reach out for support, resources and medical care.
The popular annual Student Art Show opens at The Current Monday, May 6.
Throwback Thursday
Former Vermont Gov. Madeleine Kunin makes a televised visit to Green Up Day in Stowe in the late 1980s.
Hyde Park resident Clint Coakley observed the traffic that drove by his home on Route 15 last Monday in the lead up and the denouement of a rare total solar eclipse. A member of the Wolcott Mennonite Church, he said the eclipse provided a perfect example to be astounded by both the spirituality and the science of the moment.
Green River Reservoir State Park is a special place that is beloved by paddlers, campers and everyone who loves wilderness and wildlife.
Seed libraries, which are in public libraries and other venues throughout the state, give out seeds for a variety of vegetables and herbs, and sometimes flowers.
Stowe’s new Quiet Path bridge has been a hit with walkers — both two- and four-legged — who are once again able to traverse the dog-friendly path uninterrupted.
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Nominations are open for the annual 4393 Awards, a reader survey sponsored by the Stowe Reporter and News & Citizen to honor the best in our area. This nomination period is your chance to write in names, so if you (or your favorite business) want to be on the list of finalists, spread the word.
Twenty-three skiers and snowboarders from Stowe-based Green Mountain Academy competed in USASA Nationals at Copper Mountain in Colorado.
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