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Nature Watch, Nov. 20, 2024 - The Montpelier Bridge
1 day ago · A balance between fall and winter, each year celebrated by the crazy green of ferns and mosses and the smoky clouds of spores that drift off club mosses when you tap them, telling you which way the air is moving. Each year this special time is pushed later and later into November by the warming climate. Called variously princess pine or ground cedar, I can walk through the woods all summer and ...
Heard on the Street, Nov. 20, 2024 - The Montpelier Bridge
1 day ago · City to Submit Full Application for Growth Center Amendment Montpelier City Manager Bill Fraser announced at the Nov. 13 city council meeting that the city plans to “renew our application for the amended growth center” to include the Country Club Road property. The state recently revoked its approval of the growth center boundary adjustment and said a fuller application was needed ...
Lights Over Water: Montpelier’s Historic Bridges to Shine in …
Nov 9, 2024 · By Vivian Ladd Tomasi for Montpelier Alive For the first time, on Nov. 16, seven key bridges will be illuminated in Montpelier’s historic downtown. The capital city has almost two dozen highway, railroad, vehicular, and pedestrian bridges crossing the four rivers that flow through it. Later this month, Montpelier Alive will transform these utilitarian structures […]
Take a Break from Rich Holiday Foods with this Breakfast Soup
14 hours ago · The upcoming holidays bring with them a complex array of rich foods, from pies and whipped cream to gravy, potatoes, candies and fruit cake. Try this breakfast soup as a counterpoint. Breakfast soup looks complex, but it’s built on a few basic elements and then it’s flexible. Inspired by a Japanese cookbook many years ago, the best versions I’ve made include at least good broth, seaweed ...
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Cassandra Hemenway, Editor-in-Chief, 802-223-5112, [email protected] Rick McMahan, Ad Director, 802-249-8666, [email protected]
All Lit Up: Montpelier Illuminates Seven Bridges
Nov 18, 2024 · A large crowd showed up for a lantern parade that followed the illumination of seven bridges throughout Montpelier, on Saturday, Nov 16. The Bridge Illumination is a grant-funded project of Montpelier Alive, the capital city’s downtown revitalization organization. Lights decorated four bridges along the Winooski, the Bailey Avenue bridge, Taylor Street, Main Street (Shaw’s) bridge, […]
The Flood, Part II: Preparations Helped; Montpelier Largely Spared
Jul 11, 2024 · Alerts of road closures throughout central Vermont continued to come in by 9:15 a.m., Thursday, July 11, after a night of flooding in the area. Montpelier’s downtown was spared, but part of north Elm Street was closed this morning due to flood waters (and has since reopened). Barre City, Moretown, Marshfield, Plainfield, Middlesex, and many […]
Two Bridges in the Heart of Montpelier
Jan 24, 2024 · This holiday season Montpelier Alive covered the Langdon Street Bridge with small white lights and illuminated the North Branch flowing under it with blue spot lights. The Rialto Bridge, just 60 yards downstream from the Langdon Street Bridge, serves as a viewing platform for this visual treat, highlighting the importance of bridges and rivers to […]