Being a chef is no easy business, except if you happen to be Matt Trafton, the Gary Home’s new chef since February. The Gary Home, in existence since 1941, is a prominent Montpelier residential care facility for seniors over 62, with thirteen rooms and currently fourteen residents. The two sharing a room are a married [...]

Walk and Roll Montpelier has been happening all month, and there’s still time for you to participate.  May 25 (new date): Family Bike Safety Clinic and ride, Montpelier High School 9:00–11:00 a.m. Helmet fitting, safety instruction and practice in parking lot followed by an optional ride to 3-mile Bridge & return on the Route 2 [...]

Architect’s rendering of proposed transportation hub. Features include: Multi-modal Transit Hub building facing Taylor Street (left), bike path, electric car chargers, 40 space sheltered permit parking, pedestrian bridge (upstream of RR bridge), wooden shade pergola at confluence of North Branch and Winooski Rivers. Rendering courtesy of Jon Anderson.

Both the Montpelier and Barre Farmers’ Markets and 43 other farmers’ markets across Vermont, (over half of the state’s farmers’ markets) are accepting 3SquaresVT (formerly Food Stamps) via EBT cards this summer.  EBT is short for electronic benefit transfer. In Montpelier, the Capital City Farmers’ Market is held each Saturday beginning at 9:00 a.m. until [...]

by Anne Watson Spring is in full force and the disc hucking athletes of Montpelier High School and U-32 are taking the playing fields by storm. The unusual and highly enjoyable aspect of Ultimate Frisbee is that it is both competitive and inclusive. Winning is great but it is the concept of spirit, defined by [...]

by Nat Frothingham East Montpelier piano teacher Nicholas Mortimer is introducing a dramatically different option for learning to play the piano. Mortimer’s teaching method, called Simply Music, was originally developed by Australian Neil Moore in 1998.  Since 1998, over 700 piano instructors have used Moore’s approach in teaching thousands of students of all ages in [...]

by John Hollar, mayor Having served as mayor for a little more than a year, I thought it might be useful to look back and review our accomplishments and challenges, as well as our plans for the coming year. When I ran for mayor, I promised to focus on three areas: our budget, our infrastructure [...]