Cortisol (the stress hormone) in one closed fist, oxytocin (the feel-good hormone) in the other fist: pick one. Our brains do that choice minute by minute all day (and night) long, constantly trying to keep a level hormonal state. I remember going to a workshop where the psychiatrist speaker...
The aftermath of the Hogback car accident.
10 years ago:
The Hogback Mountain Gift Shop was involved in a car accident. The shop was struck by a car on the evening of Friday the 13th (of course) causing significant structural damage to the building, as well as thousands of dollars in destroyed merchandise. Police...
10 years ago:
Giant snowmen from Dover were invading the valley. As part of the valley’s annual Bright Lights holiday celebrations, the cheerful painted plywood cut-out snowmen popped up around the valley, from Readsboro to Dover. The snowmen originated in Dover, created...
Windham-2 Representative Laura Sibilia, of Dover
About the December 1 letter …
The heart of effective governance lies in the intricate task of problem-solving, an inherent aspect of policymaking, legislating, and governing in our democratic society. Regardless of our roles—whether on school boards, in the Legislature or as the elected...
Valley businesses like Bartleby’s Books, above, are ready to welcome shoppers with rewards during the annual “Eat, Sleep, Shop Local” period, December 1 to 24. BDCC
WILMINGTON - Starting Friday, December 1, holiday shoppers are once again invited to join in the annual “Eat, Sleep, Shop Local” holiday shopping campaign and earn rewards for shopping and dining with local merchants. This year the program has expanded to include Wilmington and Dover merchants,...
MARLBORO - The Southern Vermont Natural History Museum has announced that it will dedicate the former Pool Learning Center on 117 Adams Cross Road as the Pool Nature Center. The building and adjacent grounds were given to the museum by the Pool Learning Center after the learning center closed. In...
John Caldwell will join the Vermont Ski and Snowboard Museum’s speaker series on December 7. Courtesy ISHA
STOWE- The Red Bench Speaker Series presents “One-on-One with the Father of Cross-Country Skiing, John Caldwell” on Thursday, December 7, at 7 pm via Zoom.
John Caldwell competed in the 1952 Winter Olympics and later became a cross-country ski coach. He ultimately became the authority on...
10 years ago:
Renovations at Mount Snow’s Summit Lodge were completed and opened to the public for the first time at the beginning of the ski season. The former Double Diamond at the Summit Lodge reopened as the Bullwheel Pub. The pub featured tables and trim designed to...
Aging in Place by Claudette Hollenbeck
Moving only 21 miles west of the Deerfield Valley seems to have catapulted me into a whole new television news environment. I have also been switched from Direct TV to the dreaded Comcast Xfinity with its infinity of complications. In this brave new world, I am getting besieged with Medicare “...
On October 8 St. Mary’s in the Mountains Episcopal Church in Wilmington held a Blessing of the Animals Service to celebrate the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals and the environment. More than $500 in donations were collected for the Windham County Humane Society, while...