Waitsfield News

Warren singer/songwriter Colleen Mari Mays' original tune "Fly," which she penned with California-based producer/songwriter Frank Harris as part of her recently released CD Ledges has been selected by Vermont's Froggy 100.9 FM radio station to be included in their statewide music CD release, Project 802 .

The Warren Visitors Center on Vermont Route 100 near the bottom of the Sugarbush access Road, and opposite the new Hostel Tevere, provides travel information to visitors to the Mad River Valley.

By Kara Herlihy Warren Independence Day 2009 was both wet and wild. Most often defined by leisure sports and sunburns, last Saturday's events proved that independence must be earned, and contrary to myth, it is not always 73 degrees and sunny in Warren.

By Kara Herlihy Local dairy farmers can expect the price of milk to continue to fall in the coming months, while the cost of production steadily climbs.

DATE/TIME: 07-06-2009 14:40 LOCATION : Rte. 116 south of the junction of Rte. 17 Bristol.

Police say a motorcyclist was going twice the speed limit before he was busted. 19 year-old Phillip Gapp of Waitsfield allegedly passed several vehicles, including an unmarked police cruiser, on Route 116 in Bristol.

Burlington's 12-day celebration of Lake Champlain has just gotten a little bigger.

By Jane Haser, intern The crowd was hot in more ways than one at a very well-attended panel discussion in Waitsfield on the future of Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant in Vernon.

By mid-afternoon today, the hills of Washington will be alive with music, though the delicate chords of "Edelweiss" are not likely to be heard.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the selection of recipients for $6.45 million in grants to spur economic development and revitalization in rural communities.

Burlington City Arts has a new storefront for its International Waterfront Festival running July 2nd through 14th.

The possible closure of Vermont Yankee will be the focus of a panel discussion in Waitsfield tonight.

Mozart is to opera what Shakespeare is to theater. Like the playwright, the composer's operas are full of characters and situations that are real, and that we come to care about.

As Vermont Yankee seeks to extend its operating license 20 years beyond its 2012 shutdown date, a group of energy-savvy panelists is assembling at the Big Picture Theater in Waitsfield to discuss Vermont's power possibilities.

The Green Mountain Opera Festival ends its three-week residency in Waitsfield this weekend with two performances of Mozart's comic opera The Marriage of Figaro at the Barre Opera House on Friday, June 19, at 7:30 p.m. and on Sunday, June 21, at 3 p.m. The artists, who have been rehearsing at the Valley Players Theater, now move to the Barre Opera ...

Long before the Griswolds and the "Vacation" trilogy of movies, the family trip had a certain painful nostalgia for people that could only be appreciated many years later- WAITSFIELD, VT, June 16, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- usually when they had their own families and attempted trips of their own.

Vermont business owners are hoping a pair of sales-tax holidays slated for the coming fiscal year will offer respite from a prolonged dip in retail sales.

Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro" remains one of the most popular operas ever performed because, despite the comedy's 18th century birth and setting, it portrays real people in timeless situations of love and betrayal.

Vermonters face a critical decision on our energy future: Vermont Yankee, the state's sole nuclear power plant, is scheduled to close down in 2012.

A showcase of the stars of upcoming "The Marriage of Figaro" opened the fourth annual Green Mountain Opera Festival, Thursday at the Joslyn Round Barn.