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Wayne Hobbs isn’t answering his email. But who can blame him?... Read more

It's not unusual to pack on a few pounds while vacationing at a place like the Basin Harbor Club. They feed you well at such establishments, known for serving sensuous dishes such as butter-poached lobster and thick-cut steaks with rich, creamy sauces.... Read more

The Fat Hen has been providing Vergennes residents with local produce, meats and cheeses since it opened in 2004. Now they can get whole meals there, too. Owner Heidi Markowski has hired three cooks to oversee the prepared foods section, and in about a week, the store's small commercial kitchen will feature a new convection oven. "We'll be producing everything from baked goods to lasagna," Markowski relates happily.... Read more

VERGENNES -- There are many ways to commemorate United Nations International Peace Day, which falls each year on September 21. Some people hold vigils, plant trees or plan concerts; in 2005, 1350 schools and organizations around the world held a Pinwheels for Peace event, involving half a million pinwheels that encouraged onlookers to "visualize whirled peace."... Read more

VERGENNES -- Vermont's oldest city is getting rotten to the Corps. The Northland Job Corps, that is. A financial dispute between the city of Vergennes and the U.S. Department of Labor has Mayor April Jin threatening to cut off police and fire protection, street lighting, road maintenance and other municipal services to the vocational training center unless the federal government pays the city $134,000 by August 13.... Read more

Vergennes is the election-year place to be for Memorial Day festivities and this year was no different. Where else could you see grown, fez-wearing men riding camel-butts on go-carts? Civil War cavalry and scruffy colonials firing muskets? Bernie Sanders in a coat and tie?

Plus, there was the jolt to the eardrums from the sudden low-level swoop by two F-16s from the Vermont Air Guard. It was a reminder of the current state of existence -- the state called war. It's actually the longest surviving state in the history of the human race.... Read more

It might seem hypocritical to erect billboards along Route 7 in Vergennes asking passersby if they're concerned about threats to Vermont's visual landscape. But that's exactly what some concerned Addison County residents did last week. Apparently, the signs don't violate Vermont's ban on billboards since they're mobile and voice a political statement. The 8-by-16-foot billboards, which hang on hay wagons, read: "Are you concerned about Vermont's scenic beauty, cancer, energy independence?" and "VELCO's power line ‘upgrade' is no answer."... Read more