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Ice Antics Young hockey fans watch from the stands at Jackson Arena Saturday as Boston Bruins old-timers take on a squad of other pros and friends. Photos by Glenn Callahan
County leaders to hold key posts Lamoille County will occupy far more seats of power than normal when the Legislature convenes in January. For starters, Morrisville lawmaker Shap Smith is the next speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives. The Democratic caucus nominated Smith, 42, on Saturday for speaker after two other... [Read full story]
Santa puts bailout on his list For the second time in as many years, the Stowe Reporter has sent a reporter to the North Pole to report on how Santa and his helpers are dealing with the holidays. Last year, we reported on the anxiety Santa and his workers felt as they learned that climate change may melt the Arctic. This year, we report on Santa as he faces a serious short-term problem: the global economic crisis. On an early weekday morning in the Arctic, Santa Claus sits at the head of a large conference table, surrounded by perhaps a dozen of his associates. Claus, 145, is holding his annual Christmas ... [Read full story]
Campbell dies; noted ski instructor, writer Photo By Don Landwehrle. Stuart Campbell of Stowe, a major figure in the skiing world, died Dec. 4. Stuart Duncan Campbell, 65, an author, skier and Vermont native, died Dec. 4, 2008, at home in Stowe after a 20-year battle with cancer. Known throughout the skiing world, Mr. Campbell fashioned a career from his own understated elegance, both on skis and with his ability to put words to the act of gliding on snow. He was born Dec. 26, 1942, and grew up skiing in Bennington. At Middlebury College, he was a four-event ski competitor (slalom, giant slalom cross-country and ski jumping) and graduated in 1964 with a bachelor's degree in American literature. He received a master's degree in... [Read full story]
Obituaries
Remembering Stu Campbell Stu Campbell had a god-given ability to put people at ease and to bring you into his joy of life. The ski instructor and writer loved life with merry abandon and regarded it with humor and twinkling blue eyes. He had hundreds of friends. So many hailed from the ski world, where he was an iconic figure, that a friend offering remembrances Monday told the packed Stowe Community Church that “more than half the people here have either been paid or received an invoice from Ski Magazine.” Campbell wrote for Ski Magazine for more than a quarter-century. The crowd that joined... [Read full story]
Editorial
Are you listening, Santa? The word around town is that lodging reservations for the Christmas holiday are soft. Worrisome might be another way to put it. Reservations are behind last year's numbers, and below what they should be for the busiest time of the year -- which, in case you wonder, should be 100 percent full. <... [Read full story]
Featured Columnists
Taxes, Nixon, and fixing the roads Wrapping up with musings of this communal annus horribilis, so we can relax, enjoy the holidays and mark a fresh start today on the 50th anniversary of a rare bird: a growing newspaper in a small marketplace. ••• News item. In the past week, it was pointed out somewhere that the Vermont state education fund has a $20 million surplus. Hmm, where have I heard that number before? Oh, yeah, that's the net amount sucked out of one town alone in the past year. Wonder what town that was? ••... [Read full story]
Sports
Hockey goal: home for the playoffs Say what you want about this year's Stowe High boys' hockey players, but don't call them boring. The team has had two games this season and both went down to the wire -- Stowe beat North Country Union High School last Saturday 5-4 in sudden-death overtime, and lost a heartbreaker, 4-3 to U-32,... [Read full story]
Business news
Fresh approach to corner store "This is just what we needed around here," said a customer at Green Top Market last Friday, as she picked up a loaf of Elmore Mountain Bread and a wedge of Lazy Lady Farms cheese. The market, located where the Morristown Corners General Store stood for nearly two centuries, opened last month. It has already gained a large following of regular customers. Some stop by on their way to work for coffee and homemade pastries. Others come in after work to pick up ready-made dinners or fresh cuts of local lamb and chicken. A community marketplace atmosphere is what co-owners Chris and Shelby... [Read full story]
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