Welcome to Mindful Journeywork Peggy Dippen returned to Vermont in June 2020, driving a U-Haul with her then four-year-old son beside her. Amid the challenges of COVID and her second divorce, she reflected on words by Starhawk, an author, activist, and prominent voice in spirituality and ecofeminism, about community: Somewhere there are people to…
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People of Action Making a Difference
The Rotary Club of Shelburne-Charlotte-Hinesburg The Rotary association is an altruistic global organization, touching people and events around the world. A lot of information can be found on the internet describing this large and impressive organization, including the local website, what it does and why, so I’ll take some time to provide you with…
A Walk in Williams Woods
Hinesburgers Explore a Local Treasure On the Saturday before Father’s Day my long-promised excursion to Williams Woods in Charlotte came to be. My two daughters, my wife and I got in the car and set off around 10 a.m. But first we had to go back to the house to connect to Google maps…
New Cemetery Endowment Fund Created
The Town of Hinesburg maintains nine cemeteries with approximately 4,000 graves dating back to 1795. The Village Cemetery land was donated to the town by Jedidiah Boynton in 1825. Graves were moved to the Village Cemetery from a previous cemetery that was in front of where the Sarah Carpenter Memorial Library was on Route 116….
Making Home Goods Great!
Like-minded artisans create home and kitchen accessories Recently, a new kind of store opened on Kailey’s Way (behind Kinney Drugs) in Hinesburg. It’s a store and studio, featuring items for your home, created with skill and love by artisans from across the country. This store is part of DandyLion, the brainchild of Ashley Farland….
Capturing a Moment
Four photographers who make time stand still Pulitzer Prize-winning author and noted photographer Eudora Welty once wrote, “A good snapshot keeps a moment that’s gone, from running away.” Photographs document our history, and serve as a record of our personal journey. These photos become among our most cherished possessions and we place them in positions…
Students Take Action to Restore Carse Wetlands
At Carse Wetlands in Hinesburg, UVM students are working to restore the landscape by testing methods of invasive species removal. These students are a part of the second cohort of the Fellowship in Restoration Ecologies and Cultures (FREC). With the first semester completed, the students are finalizing their projects that will attempt to restore…
Going Batty
Each year thousands of bats die in and around the rotating blades of wind-turbines, mostly at night and mostly when flying insects, a primary bat food, are present. At NRG, Brogan saw a need within the wind-turbine industry for a way to monitor bats that interact with wind-turbines. While NRG had partnered with…
It Makes a Village
The Invaluable Benefits of a Community Newspaper By Kevin Lewis, Cathy Ryan and Mary-Jo Brace In an era dominated by digital media and instant communication, the humble community newspaper stands as a beacon of local connectivity and information. This traditional yet enduring medium offers a plethora of benefits that go beyond its ink-and-paper…
Giroux Body Shop Family Business Turns 100
1923-2023 From a blacksmith shop in the 1920s to a metal fabrication shop today, Giroux Body Shop has gone through many changes over the last 100 years – including the building, the tools, the projects and which generation is in charge. Joseph Paul (J.P.) Giroux was born in 1896 in Ontario, Canada. He…