Abenaki and Indigenous Peoples Honoring Day returns to Lyman Point Park

By JAMES M. PATTERSON

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Nulhegan citizen Arabella Michaud, 6, of Killington, sang a greeting song used to teach basic salutations in the Abenaki language during the first Abenaki and Indigenous Peoples Honoring Day since 2020 at Lyman Point Park in White River Junction on Saturday.

Art Notes: ‘The Cottage’ brings farcical fun to New London Barn Playhouse

By Marion Umpleby

NEW LONDON — Last year, New London Barn Playhouse’s season favored plays packed with plenty of drama and high stakes, such as the rock musical “Rent” and “Jersey Boys,” a documentary-style production following the rise and fall of the 1960s band The Four Seasons. 

‘This isn’t really a home’: As some unhoused Vermonters turn to sleeping in vehicles, advocates push for long-term solutions

By THEO WELLS-SPACKMAN

Chandra Duba has been living in an RV outside a friend’s house in Jericho, Vt., for the past few months, after losing her Section 8 subsidized housing in Winooski, Vt. Until last week, she didn’t have electricity, but now she’s able to plug into a nearby solar array.

Brook trout populations spike after Vermont program adds wood to streams

By K. FIEGENBAUM

ORANGE, Vt. — On a mid-June afternoon, the Waits River in Groton State Forest gurgled under a bridge just off Route 302 and into a picturesque scene. The water used multiple channels to make its way across the riverbed — faster or slower, deeper or shallower — rippling as it rushed over gravel and stone and lapping lazily at the sandy shore that led into a floodplain forest.

Crossroad Farm celebrates Jamaican Independence Day

By MARION UMPLEBY

POST MILLS — On a typical Wednesday in August, the crew at Crossroad Farm would be busy harvesting pounds of beans, corn and melons, among other crops, on the property on West Fairlee Road. 

Outdoor music festival in Lebanon showcases emerging talent

By MARION UMPLEBY

LEBANON — In August 2021, after a year of forgoing live entertainment during the coronavirus pandemic, Lebanon Opera House Executive Director Joe Clifford launched what he referred to in a recent interview as the venue’s “COVID baby,” a free, three-day outdoor music festival packed with performances from Upper Valley and regional artists.

League of NH Craftsmen aims to use annual fair as a chance to advocate for the arts

By ALICIA SANYAL

As the League of New Hampshire Craftsmen Fair prepares to open its gates this weekend, the organization is also navigating changes to state funding for the arts.

The art of herding geese — and why Vermont does it every year at a place called Dead Creek

By MAEVE FAIRFAX

ADDISON, Vt. — A circle of volunteers appeared from the brush beside a field and slowly converged on a gaggle of Canada geese. They herded them into an enclosure, and the few birds that escaped the roundup were retrieved one by one.

Northern Stage builds housing for theater staff amid housing crisis

By ALEX HANSON

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — When he was looking for a theater job close to family in southern Vermont, Jason David Monmaney found one at Northern Stage.

Gleaning operations help meet rising need in a stretched Vermont food assistance network

By THEO WELLS-SPACKMAN

At Dog River Farm in Berlin, Vt., Allison Levin and three volunteers salvaged nearly 150 pounds of rainbow chard which would otherwise have been destroyed.

New Hampshire’s Summer EBT program reaches record number of families

By KATE DARIO

Vermont cities experience hotter than average summer, with more heat waves expected

By ERIN PETENKO

From Burlington to Bennington, Vermont is having a rather hot summer, according to National Weather Service data.

Volunteers team up for Mascoma Lake water quality testing

By CLARE SHANAHAN

ENFIELD — On a clear, if slightly chilly July morning, a small coalition of volunteers bobbed in a red pontoon boat off the shore of Mascoma Lake, lowering various tools, tubes, buckets and strings down into the depths to test the water where many people swim, sail, kayak and boat all summer long.

With climate change, a rare NH plant community is barely holding on

By JULIA VAZ

After walking through the lush forest along the Saco River, it would be easy to overlook two tiny shrubs bursting from the gravel on the river’s bank.

Cyanobacteria warning closes most of Burlington’s beaches

By CHARLOTTE OLIVER

With temperatures climbing into the upper 80s on Tuesday, most of Burlington’s beaches and a couple in state parks are closed due to blooming cyanobacteria, also known as blue-green algae.

Art Notes: Vermont Film Festival features the most ‘star-studded lineup’ yet

By MARION UMPLEBY

WOODSTOCK — Comedians and filmmakers Collen Doyle and Matt Vita have always had big ambitions for the Woolen Mill Comedy Club, the stand-up venue they run on the second floor of the historic Bridgewater Mill. Despite the rural setting, the collaborators have managed to draw talent from stand-up hotbeds such as New York and Boston for their weekly showcases.

One way to beat the heat in Hanover

By JAMES M. PATTERSON

HANOVER — Trang Himmelstein, of Lebanon, shares her ice cream sandwich with her husband Daniel during a free ice cream event hosted by Hanover Parks and Recreation at Sustainability Park earlier this summer.

Robert Resnik, longtime Vermont Public music host, dies at 72

By MARK DAVIS and NINA KECK

Robert Resnik, who spent 29 years hosting Vermont Public’s folk and world music show “All the Traditions,” has died. He was 72.

Dartmouth researchers hope NASA satellite will improve understanding of space weather

By LUKAS DUNFORD

HANOVER — Two NASA-funded missions launched last week and are currently in Earth’s orbit in part due to the work of two Dartmouth professors.