Vermont Viewpoint

We have a lot of music and a little bit of sports in today’s show. We start the show with open phones! Then we meet the UVM grad who has earned four World Series rings with the Red Sox and has just launched his own sports consulting business. After that, we head to Dorset to learn the fine art of banjo making. And we finish with WDEV All-Star Mark Struhsacker, who created the station’s Radio Rangers back in the ‘80s. He now calls Wyoming home.  

It’s a morning of focusing on one town and then on all of the state’s towns. And a morning when we discuss literature and music. During the first hour, we’ll learn about Waterbury’s One Town, One Book Program, when all the town’s residents will be invited to read Catherine Drake’s book “The Treehouse on Dog River Road.” After that, we meet the owners of Vermont Violins and learn about the line of instruments they began making a few years ago. And we finish with pianist David Fuerzeig, who is undertaking a tour that will take him to all of Vermont’s cities and towns. 

Colonel Mustard, Miss Scarlet and their murderous cohorts are at it again, and we’ll hear from them as the Lamoille County Players prepare to put on Clue: On Stage. Then Calvin Cutler of WCAX gives us a State House Update. We’ll also hear about the McClure Foundation’s Free Degree Promise. After that, Elliott Greenblott of the AARP Fraud Watch returns to warn us of the latest scams being perpetrated. And we finish the show by talking about Slow Birding and Warblers with the amazing Bird Diva Bridget Butler.  

We’re on the road again as part of WDEV’s 90th anniversary. Today, we’ll take the time to hear the voices of our home community of Waterbury as we broadcast from the Cabot Farmers’ Store on Route 100.  We’ll definitely talk cheese, as well as cider, cooking and feeding those in need. We’ll also learn about the town’s Ice Center and the Farmers Market. And we’ll spend time meeting Peter Miller who has spent decades chronicling the faces of Vermont with his beautiful photography. The Farmers’ Store will be opening at 9 today for the show and for cheese lovers! 

We’ll open the show with open phones this morning. Then we’ll hear a report on the population growth in the Northeastern U.S. of the sirex [sear ex] woodwasp, an invasive species from Spain, and what it could cost if it spreads across the country. Next, we get a primer on wild turkey hunting safety as that season opens. Colin Flanders of Seven Days follows with his story on what steps the state might take to pay parent caregivers of adults with disabilities. And we finish by meeting the Vermonter who has climbed Camels Hump and Mount Mansfield almost 2,000 times combined.  

We’ll open up the show with a segment for our pets as we learn about the veterinary services provided by the Mitzvah Fund. Then we head down Route 7 and stop in at another iconic Vermont eatery, the A&W in Middlebury. Next we talk about Jamaican Rugby and one Vermont company’s connection to it. This is not fake news! After that, we open up the phones for the first time in weeks. And then we finish the show learning about the upcoming Vermont Organic Recycling Summit.  

One of the state’s iconic diners has re-opened and we’ll talk to new owner Brian Lewis about his plans for the Parkway Diner in South Burlington. Next, we’ll hear about the reunion planned for hoopsters who played in the leagues and pickup games at the Montpelier Rec Center. After that, we enjoy some children’s literature and meet Fayston’s Sarah Dillard, author of “Blueberry Cake.” Dillard has been nominated for the international Gourmand Award. And then, furniture maker Charlie Shackleton joins us to discuss his creations and his connection to Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton. And we finish the show hearing about Congressman Peter Welch’s recent visit to Eastern Europe.  

On this episode of Vermont Viewpoint, Guest Host Tom Beardsley starts the show with talking to you about what’s on his mind. After that, Calvin Cutler stops by for a bit to talk about politics going on in Montpelier. And for the last hour, Beardsley talks with Louie Manno about the media.

Burlington illustrator Andrew Prendimano opens the show with a bizarre and spooky way to learn your ABCs. Next, Labor Commissioner Michael Harrington joins us to discuss the state’s labor picture and Vermont’s largest-ever job fair happening Tuesday at the Champlain Valley Expo. After that, national correspondent Bob Ney checks in one more time from India. We then talk with Courtney Lamdin of Seven Days about her story remembering Fern Feather of Hinesburg, who was recently murdered in Morrisville. And we finish the show meeting Bobbi Gibb, the first woman to run in the Boston Marathon and we learn about her connections to Vermont.

In the first hour, we wrap up the sugaring season with the man who wrote the book on the subject. Actually, Hale Mattoon of Chelsea has written a couple of maple sugaring tomes and he also has an incredible collection of maple sugaring equipment dating back to the 1700s. After that, we learn about The Logger’s upcoming show as Rusty Dewees stops by with Monica Callan of the Grange Hall Cultural Center in Waterbury. And we finish the show hearing about the fire and rescue squad that is staffed and managed by members of the St. Michael’s College community, as it has since 1969.