Local runners, walkers and dogs turned out for Lucy Mac 5K9

Lucy Mackenzie 5K9 raises money for vital shelter work Fundraising to support the Lucy Mackenzie Humane Society’s efforts to protect dogs and cats is a regular challenge, but the organization’s 5K9 race and one-mile walk is an annual event where the community can help the organization reach its financial goals while having fun outdoors. Last Saturday, trail runners and walkers …

Hartland’s RJ Crowley staging an ‘old-school murder mystery’ at Kendal

Hartland resident RJ Crowley is no stranger to the murder mystery genre. He has been involved in murder mysteries since his time as an actor in New York City, and, in the Upper Valley, he has staged performances at Twin Farms in Barnard, the David Sumner Mansion in Hartland, and aboard the Green Mountain Railroad. He is now bringing his …

Documentary celebrates the vanishing architecture of rural Americana

Local devotees of fine art photography, documentary film, rural Americana, and oral history are in for an extraordinary treat in early October. “Vanish: Disappearing Icons of Rural America,” a compelling, visually arresting new documentary film written and directed by Shelburne-based commercial and architectural photographer turned fine artist and filmmaker Jim Westphalen will be screened at the Town Hall Theater in …

Woodstock friends remember John Mathews

By Tom Ayres, Senior Staff Writer “He taught me a lot, just by his example, about being a good person.” When veteran NBC-TV newsman John Mathews and his wife, Patsy, moved to Woodstock from the Washington, D.C., area in 2002, joining their longtime friends from the media world, Bob and Honoré Hager, the community was blessed with two engaging, endlessly …