Occupancy rates this winter may have sagged a bit under the weight of all that erratic weather, but the post-pandemic tourism boom in Stowe is looking more and more like it’s here to stay.
After a short but turbulent ownership, Stoweflake Mountain Resort was quietly sold off by MCR hotels at the end of last year for $19 million to Jamsan Management.
At the final of four monthly legislative breakfasts hosted Monday by the Lamoille Economic Development Corporation, it was perhaps fitting that, as folks munched on pastries, the biggest pastry of all was the central topic of the day.
After December flooding forced the closure of a bridge that effectively bisected Stowe’s Quiet Path, town employees scrambled to build a new one a few hundred feet away instead of waiting a much longer time to go through local and state permitting processes.
Bob Burley, a tenant at the Morrisville-Stowe Airport, said the airport was packed last week with planes, passengers and pilots who flew in to catch the sight of the total solar eclipse on April 8. He said all northern Vermont airports reported similar attendance.
A man who admitted last year that he sexually assaulted and beat two underage family members will serve at least a decade and a half in prison.
Salvation Farms has chosen Kelly Dolan as its next executive director.
Tiffany Donza of Stowe has joined Element Real Estate.
Berkshire Hathaway Vermont Realty Group and the Trombley & Day Group have opened a new branch in Stowe in the Springer Miller office building, 782 Mountain Road.
Copley Hospital’s Laboratory Services Department has received accreditation from the College of American Pathologists based on a recent inspection.
A sizable crowd gathered on the summit of Mt. Mansfield Monday to bear witness as a dark moon slowly obstructed the sun, plunging northern Vermont, along with a wide swath of North America, into a strange mid-day night.
A recent Vermont Supreme Court ruling has cleared the way for Stowe Aviation and its investors to potentially recoup some of the losses it suffered in the collapse of Vermont’s EB-5 program.
The Mountain Road in Stowe is well known for its après ski establishments. A skiing buddy of mine, the late John Fox, had been on the ski patrol at Glen Ellen before joining the Mt. Mansfield Ski Patrol. He always said his wife couldn’t understand why it took him longer to get back to his home in South Burlington from Stowe than it had from Glen Ellen!
Barry Stone of South Burlington is the 2024 David Hakins inductee to the Vermont Sports Hall of Fame, given to an individual or group for exceptional promotion of sports, athletics and recreation in the Green Mountain State.
Here’s how the Raiders fared in the past week.
Last week, the skiers and riders of Stowe had some significant things happen, which could constitute items of note to be added to the season’s memory bank. Earthquakes, major snowfall and a total solar eclipse.
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As warmer weather approaches, it is a great time to consider how you use the outdoor spaces in your life. Whether you rent or own, use public land or private, there are things that you can think about to help make these outdoor spaces work better for you.
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Communities around the world are cultivating seed libraries. A surge in new gardeners and struggling supply chains during the pandemic caused the rise of seed libraries.
On Saturday, April 20, at 1 p.m. at Stowe Free Library, come be entertained and enlightened by Dr. Betsy Sherman, professor of biology — and deliverer of truly excellent jokes — as she explains just why there are so many plants and animals on Earth.
• Haley Spencer of Stowe has been named to the University of Delaware dean’s list for the fall 2023 semester.
Lamoille Home Health and Hospice hosts several diverse groups for an afternoon of “Music for Mud Season” on Sunday, April 21, at 2 p.m., at Jenna’s House, 117 St Johns Road, in Johnson.
Throwback Thursday
Circa 1973, a bike race goes through Stowe, after a trip through Smugglers Notch.
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Nominations are open for the annual 4393 Awards, a reader survey sponsored by the Stowe Reporter and News & Citizen to honor the best in our area. This nomination period is your chance to write in names, so if you (or your favorite business) want to be on the list of finalists, spread the word. Nominations are open through April 25.
Intrepid cold water dashers helped raise $7,800 for Morrisville Rotary and the Lamoille Area Recovery Network. Nearly 40 dashers participated, with 10 teams and numerous individuals coming out to support the cause.
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Vermont was buzzing this weekend as travelers elbowed their way through the Green Mountain State to catch a view of the total solar eclipse phenomena.
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