BARRE – The Vermont Philharmonic will present one of the country’s top classical trumpet players in a concert titled “Trumpeting Spring” on Sunday, April 28, at 2 p.m., the Barre Opera House, with Music Director Lou Kosma conducting. The program’s featured work is the “Trumpet Concerto” by Richard Stöhr, performed by Billy[Read More…]
Entertainment
Prophecy Chocolate Sweetens Hardwick’s Streets
HARDWICK – I stumbled upon Prophecy Chocolate one evening as a friend and I were heading up the street to another restaurant. A sign promising tamales and chocolate drinks was too much to resist. We opened the door to the aroma of marvelously rich chocolate wafting out. Inside the door,[Read More…]
Quebec Circus Presents “Blizzard,” April 17
LYNDON – Catamount Arts and KCP Presents will host FLIP Fabrique, world class circus arts from Quebec, at Vermont State University Lyndon, April 17. The show, “Blizzard,” starts at 7 p.m., in the Alumni Gym and promises to take the stage with an enchanting evening of wintry wonder. With “Blizzard,”[Read More…]
Paintings by Young at CVMC
BERLIN – Paintings by Ann Young will be exhibited through April 28 at The Gallery at Central Vermont Medical Center. Young paints in many styles with plenty of color. This exhibition celebrates abstracted images of magnified, natural objects, such as jellyfish, decaying plants and leaves, and other water dwellers, and[Read More…]
Marshfield is Open for Business on Sunday
MARSHFIELD – The overwhelming success of Marshfield’s Sunday Town meeting has convinced owners of the Marshfield Village Store to begin opening only on Sunday beginning after April 1. U.S. Postal service approval has been received for the post office, now serving both Marshfield and Cabot to open only on Sunday[Read More…]
FEMA Funds Fuel Expanding Chronicle as Fire Dept. Needs Nixed
CABOT – The select board has crafted a plan to use FEMA funds intended for a new fire station for unauthorized purposes. It is expected to help improve the lives of Cabot residents in ways that FEMA funding won’t allow. A Cabot Chronicle World Headquarters will be built in the[Read More…]
Governor Issues Eclipse Alert
MONTPELIER, PLAINFIElD – Vermont Emergency Management (VEM) advises all Vermonters to stay inside, turn off all lights and close their shades and curtains on Monday, April 8, for the eclipse of the century. Governor Scott, emphasizing the critical importance of attracting tourists to the state, asked Vermonters to stay off[Read More…]
Civic Standard’s Subversive Plan Revealed
HARDWICK – The Civic Standard’s diabolical motives have been discovered by undercover Gazette reporters. Over the last month, while wearing scuba gear and heavily insulated wetsuits to survive the Lamoille’s wintery waters, highly trained Gazette operatives waded upriver from Jackson Dam under cover of darkness and listened in on secret[Read More…]
Sterling Pivots to Put the Farm in Big Pharma
CRAFTSBURY COMMON – Sterling College Trustees have approved a plan to pivot from their 100% environmental focus to a new emphasis on putting the farm in big pharma. The announcement, thanking donors to the recently completed capital campaign, acknowledged receipt of $14 million from Monsanto and $3 billion from the[Read More…]
Pothole Fishing Derby Nets World Record Perch
HARDWICK/GREENSBORO – Jeff Montgomery announced a very successful first annual Center Road Fishing Derby, made possible by the summer’s flooding that flushed millions of smaller fish from Caspian Lake into Center Road potholes, where they’ve been able to grow to incredible size with little competition in the hundreds of potholes.[Read More…]
Hazen Basketball Team Defunded to Make Way for New Croquet Team
HARDWICK – This past week, Hazen Union Principal Mason Bongiorno announced the school will be transferring funds from the school’s basketball unit towards a new croquet team. His cited reason for the decision being that the basketball team has too many trophies. So far, the croquet sign-up sheet has only[Read More…]
