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Then Again: The gifts of Vermont’s Ebenezer Scrooge
.Silas Griffith owned a large summer home at Mount Tabor that featured a pond, renamed Griffith Lake, that he had stocked with fish. Photo courtesy of Mount Tabor-Danby Historical Society(“Then Again”...
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Brattleboro’s free Christmas breakfast marks 35th year
Deirdre Baker, wearing a Santa hat, leads volunteers at Brattleboro’s free Christmas breakfast in 2013. Photo by Kevin O’Connor/VTDiggerBRATTLEBORO — The late local resident Charlie Slate wasn’t sure...
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Then Again: How Christmas came to Vermont
A girl named Jane Howard sits in a rocker beside a teddy bear in a Londonderry home at Christmastime in 1907. Photo courtesy of Vermont Historical Society Sarah Clement’s letter reminds me why I love...
View ArticleGrafton to host Christmas festival
News Release — Grafton Nov. 12, 2018 Contact: Lynn Barrett prime@svcable.net 802-258-3992 Second Annual Christmas in Grafton Festival Saturday, December 1 and Sunday, December 2, 2018 GRAFTON, VT—...
View ArticleGreen Mountain National Forest to sell Christmas trees
News Release — Green Mountain National Forest Nov. 20, 2018 Media Contact: Ethan M. Ready Voice: (802) 747‐6760 Cell: (802) 558‐8176 eready@fs.fed.us $5.00 CHRISTMAS TREES AVAILABLE ON THE GREEN...
View ArticleHalkias: A hotel room for Christmas
Editor’s note: This op-ed is by award-winning journalist Telly Halkias. It first appeared in the Bennington Banner. My best Christmas was spent in a hotel room, and I have the candy jar to prove it....
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A little boy’s wish
stockxchng image Editor’s note: This op-ed is by Don Keelan, a certified public accountant and resident of Arlington. The piece first appeared in the Bennington Banner. Two weeks ago, at the Bennington...
View ArticleAmses: The war on Thanksgiving
Editor’s note: Walt Amses is a writer and former educator who lives in North Calais. The “war” on Christmas has been going on longer than the war in Afghanistan. Bill O’Reilly & Company...
View ArticleKeelan: A little boy’s Christmas wish
Editor’s note: This op-ed is by Don Keelan, a certified public accountant and resident of Arlington. The piece first appeared in the Bennington Banner on Christmas Eve in 2005. Two weeks ago, at the...
View ArticleGMP preparing for potential Christmastime wind storm
News Release — Green Mountain Power Dec. 23, 2014 Contact: Dorothy Schnure, Green Mountain Power, Work: (802) 655-8418 Cell: (802) 324-4418 Dorothy.Schnure@greenmountainpower.com Crews are once again...
View ArticleDon Keelan: A little boy’s wish
Editor’s note: This essay is by Don Keelan, a certified public accountant and resident of Arlington. The piece first appeared in the Bennington Banner on Christmas Eve 2005 and every Christmas Eve...
View ArticleHappy holidays from VTDigger!
Dear Readers, The staff at VTDigger wishes you a happy holiday season. We are closed on Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. Consequently, there will be no Daily Digger email on Saturday, Dec. 26 or on...
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Dreaming of a ‘White Christmas’
Bing Crosby, Rosemary Clooney, Danny Kaye and Vera-Ellen sit around a Vermont promotional poster in the 1954 movie musical “White Christmas.”Paramount Pictures Photo The four Florida friends eye the...
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Brattleboro’s free Christmas Breakfast tradition takes an unwanted holiday
Jadi Flynn and daughter Megan Walker, pictured left to right in this past photo, annually lead a team of volunteers at Brattleboro’s Charlie Slate Memorial Christmas Breakfast. Photo by Kevin...
View ArticleDon Keelan: A little boy’s wish
Editor’s note: This essay is by Don Keelan, a certified public accountant and resident of Arlington. The piece first appeared in the Bennington Banner on Christmas Eve 2005 and every Christmas Eve...
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Hot, wet, windy Christmas storm could cause flooding and knock out power
Officials are worried about flooding as temperatures rise over the holiday. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger A storm heading into Vermont on Christmas Eve could flood rivers and roads and down...
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Vermont Christmas video caps long year with moment of humor and hope
Vermont web designer Christopher Grotke has animated a topical YouTube video titled “A Covid Christmas Anti-Viral Holiday Special.” Provided photo BRATTLEBORO — When MuseArts web designer Christopher...
View ArticleWalt Amses: Poking through an archive brings a Christmas alive again
Editor’s note: This commentary is by Walt Amses, a writer who lives in North Calais. While consolidating a number of moldy cardboard boxes of notebooks, journals and clippings into a more concise...
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Scott honors first responders at this year’s tree lighting
Gov. Phil Scott helped to light the 2021 Statehouse Christmas tree on Wednesday, Dec. 8. Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger A swarm of brightly colored snowsuits rushed the steps at the statehouse lawn...
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Then Again: It took a while for Christmas to gain a foothold in Vermont
This Currier & Ives print, which the company issued the year after the Civil War ended, helped Americans connect New England with the idea of a simpler, bucolic time. Wikimedia Commons When...
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State grants travel clearance to globetrotting gift giver with sleigh
Photo illustration by Natalie Williams/VTDigger. Photo by Adrian Pelletier via Pixnio As communications director for the Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets, Scott Waterman is used to...
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As traditions go dark, Vermonters find light this second Covid Christmas
Guilford great-great-grandmother Shirley Squires displays one of the 1,500 Christmas crèches at her house and, pictured here, her converted garage. Photo by Kevin O’Connor/VTDigger Shirley Squires is...
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How to protect your loved ones from Covid-19 at holiday gatherings
Families participate in the costume parade at the Montpelier Fall Festival last year. File photo by Rachel Nostrant/VTDigger With Halloween on Monday and Thanksgiving a few weeks away, some Vermonters...
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Vermont Conversation: A new Santa Claus is coming to town and ‘he is a uniter’
Santas Fin Ciappara, left, and Chris Kennedy. Contributed photos The Vermont Conversation with David Goodman is a VTDigger podcast that features in-depth interviews on local and national issues with...
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PHOTOS: Carols, cookies and cider warm hearts at the Statehouse tree-lighting...
The 2022 State Christmas tree is seen after a lighting ceremony at the Statehouse in Montpelier on Monday, December 5, 2022. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger MONTPELIER — A bright blue star and...
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Photos: The season's first major snowstorm created a whiteout in Vermont
Marjorie Minot and Bentley walk along Bolger Hill Road in Jericho in the aftermath of a snow storm on Saturday, December 17, 2022. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger The season's first major snowstorm...
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Brattleboro’s free Christmas Breakfast to mark its 40th — and likely last — year
Jadi Flynn and Megan Walker, granddaughter and great-granddaughter of the late Brattleboro Christmas Breakfast founder Charlie Slate, organized the 2016 breakfast with the kitchen crew. File photo by...
View ArticleDon Keelan: A little boy’s wish
This commentary is by Don Keelan of Arlington, a retired certified public accountant. This column was originally published on Christmas Eve 2005 and has been published every Christmas Eve since. This...
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