Snow lined the parade routes and we were all still bundled in parkas and boots when Susan Roy and Jimmy Swift began laying the groundwork for two of central Vermont’s most festive Independence Day celebrations. This weekend we all get to enjoy the fruits of their labors – music, shows and family entertainment, food, spectacular fireworks, and terrific homegrown parades.

There are many factors that can cause you to fall. Usually, it’s not just one, but several. Use the following checklist to look at some of the things you can do to prevent a fall before it happens.

As we approach the Fourth I have been hearing more and more firecrackers. It always brings back a strong remembrance of nearly 50 years ago when I was playing with these devilish little things and one blew up in my face. An accident to be sure but one that need not have happened. Since then [...]

On Saturday afternoon Richard Cleveland of Northfield was standing 20 feet above the ground on a scissor lift at the Champlain Valley Exposition Miller Expo Centre. He was carefully hanging antique quilts from the hall’s rafters.

The following local students were among the 539 students who received degrees at St. Lawrence University’s commencement ceremony in Canton, N.Y.: Christopher M. Bortree of Waterbury, Kaitlyn A. Evans of Worcester, Kenneth B. Hart of Barre, Sam J. Horchler of Montpelier, Johannah S. Ludington of Morrisville and Richard G. Miller III of Waterbury Center. The [...]

Home Births A son, Seamus William Guilfoyle, was born June 15, 2010, to Aaron and Elizabeth Guilfoyle of Middlesex. Central Vermont Medical Center, Berlin A son, Jackson Wayne LaCombe, was born June 8, 2010, to Richard and Jessie (Davy) LaCombe of Worcester. A son, Seth Allan James Fewer, was born June 11, 2010, to Jaime [...]