Four months into the year, Stowe skier Noah Dines has already skied the equivalent of 41 trips up Mount Everest. And he still has 1.8 million more feet to go this year before he rests.
While the issue of short-term rentals in Stowe has been a hot topic for much of the past year, that’s a blink of the eye compared to some of the town’s longest-tenured residents. Beavers have been here for about 10,000 years.
After weeks of intense criticism from educators and lawmakers, Gov. Phil Scott’s nominee for Secretary of Education, Zoie Saunders, was rejected by the Senate on a 19-9 vote Tuesday, with Sen. Rich Westman, R-Cambridge, walking out on the vote entirely.
In a low-slung building on Hutchins Street in Morrisville, next to an engineering office down the hill from a newly built affordable housing complex, Craft Cannabis sells more than marijuana — it’s selling a vibe.
Following the announcement of plans to sell off its equine operation, the North Country Animal League has faced intense backlash from some members of the local community, including longtime donors and its former director.
“The Farm Boy” was six years in the making. Written and directed by Waterbury native George Woodard and produced by Joan Brace O’Neil in 2023, the locally produced film is again being screened around Vermont.
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.
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.”
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 second concert of the Noon Music in May series features an unusual duo. Duo Sonidos brings together the talents of violinist William Knuth and guitarist Adam Levin.
The Waterbury Stowe Fish and Game Club holds its annual clean-up day Saturday, May 4, from 8 a.m. noon.
On Saturday, May 4, Justice for Dogs will hold a pop-up bottle and can drive from 9-11 a.m. at the Northgate Plaza Shopping Center in Morrisville.
Stowe’s Green Up Day is Saturday, May 4. Meet at 8 a.m., rain or shine, at The Alchemist Brewery on Cottage Club Road.
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.
Throwback Thursday
Stowe Green Up Day 1988, Dana Wehe, Dave from The Golden Eagle and David Kneale, in back, clean up a dump pile.
Drivers may have noticed a few forced pit stops recently.
Morristown has hired Brent Raymond as its first town manager.
The Julian Scott Memorial Gallery presents a Bachelor of Fine Arts exhibit featuring Victoria Alinovi (“Shedding of the Skin”), Owen Whitney and Kate Vogan through May 3. The gallery is located on the Vermont State University-Johnson campus. For information, call 802-635-1469.
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A look at this year’s final day of lift-serviced skiing at Stowe Mountain Resort.
Twenty-three skiers and snowboarders from Stowe-based Green Mountain Academy competed in USASA Nationals at Copper Mountain in Colorado.
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