Monkton News

When Jane Palmer and her husband were finally able to buy their farming property in Monkton 12 years ago, it was a dream come true; a place they'd wanted for years, a place surrounded by wildlife.

Residents who comprise the Monkton Community Coffeehouse group call it a virtual coffeehouse because it has no established site, but they say its purpose is much more real.

By Maggie Sullivan Milton High School, Grade 10 I am embarrassed for them. They walk and talk With their heads held high.

Wood pellets heated Toby Salas' family's home all winter long. "It was so nice," he said.

Want to see for yourself? "Champlain's Lake Rediscovered" will be on view at the Shelburne Farms Coach Barn, May 8-25; the National Arts Club in New York City, June 1-15; Boston Public Library, June 29 to August 1; the Southern Vermont Arts Center in Manchester, August 22 to September 20; and the Vermont Statehouse, September 23 to October 31.

With little fanfare, and a short tuneup, the ensemble launched into "Dusty Bob," followed by a trio of Irish polkas.

Since growing up on a sheep farm in Bristol, Vermont, singer-songwriter Anas Mitchell has traveled the country playing in concerts and music festivals, gaining fans at every stop.

The black salamander with yellow spots sat on the roadside in the dark, ready to make a go of it.

But it was not on its own. It got help from an escort _ one of 45 people who volunteered on a recent night to carry salamanders, frogs and newts across the road during their annual migration to mate.

On rainy nights in early spring, roads between forests and vernal pools are hopping and crawling with activity. On some nights, hundreds of amphibians cross small stretches of asphalt to mate. But many don't make it.

With all the really big money numbers out there -- Exhibit A: $1.6 trillion in derivatives in the AIG portfolio -- sometimes we don't focus enough on the small money numbers.

Volunteers interested in learning more about building and maintaining trails in Gunpowder Falls State Park can join at trail work party on this Saturday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. An experienced trail builder will discuss current trail practices at the Monkton train station on the Torrey C. Brown Rail Trail on Monkton Road.

Alongside the signs of spring, the creative Burlington-based Social Band blooms a new branch of music.

With just the blink of an eye we can all retrieve our favorite school memories. Remember that time in third grade science? Or perhaps it was that field trip in sixth grade? Was it the bus ride home from the ...

American Flatbread and the Middlebury Fire Department were the big winners in the town's chili cook-off Saturday.

Sarah Strauss of Essex hit the winter Burlington Farmers Market at Memorial Auditorium on Saturday as soon as the doors opened, ready to shop.

As is the case with just about anything by Anton Chekhov, his play 'The Sea Gull' is made up of a little darkness and a little light.

Rabies killed two cows at a Charlotte dairy farm this week, prompting state officials to encourage vaccination of dairy herds.

Brendan Collins, 18, of Monkton went to Transylvania in 2006 through the Common Thread Cultural Connections program, a nonprofit program founded by Karen Sutherland of Monkton.

Dozens of Vermonters, some carrying signs and small children, lined up along Cherry Street tonight to send a message of disapproval to Gov.

Gary Nowak of Essex Junction can sympathize with the hundreds of Vermont IBM workers who learned last week that they were losing their jobs.

North Country Public Radio has signed on its newest station, WXLQ, 90.5 fm, licensed to Bristol, company officials said today.