Vermont Symphony Orchestra is coming to Lyndon State College

Vermont Symphony Orchestra visits Lyndon State College

The Vermont Symphony Orchestra is on their annual "Made in Vermont Music Festival" fall foliage tour and one of their stops is here at Lyndon State College on September 26th. 

Their fourth stop on the "Made in Vermont Music Festival" tour, the Vermont Symphony Orchestra will play in the Alexander Twilight Theater at 7:30pm. New music is included in the VSO's ever expanding library of music and this program it includes new music by Vermont composers, as well as a commission by Andrew Massey which is called "Vermont Spring."

For your listening pleasure several of the VSO's extraordinary principal players will be playing selections from the likes of Vivaldi, Bach, as well as Mozart. The Music Director, Jamie Laredo will be conducting the event as well as soloing. 

The VSO will feature several performers in several of their pieces that they will be playing. The likes of Nancy Dimock (oboe), Jaime Laredo (violin), Janet Polk (bassoon), and Albert Brouwer (flute) will feature in the performance.  

It is not to late to purchase your tickets, with tickets starting at $10 and discounts available for Vermont State College Faculty, Staff, and Students! For more information about the performance contact the VSO at (800)-VSO-9293. 

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WOOD TV8 Critique

The WOOD TV 8 is a NBC affiliate news station that broadcasts for Western Michigan, located in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

In order to keep viewers happy they have a website (http://www.woodtv.com), a twitter page (@WOODTV) and a Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/woodtv).

WEBSITE

Wood TV 8's website is very user friendly and clearly lays out what is where. They have different tabs at the top of the website that drop down and give the user different options to which to navigate to rather than just have a tab with the singular option to go to for what the tab says.

On the homepage they have the main stories headlined at the top followed by a list of the most recent headlines as you scroll down the page. The website also uses many forms of media by incorporating videos as well to go along with the articles.

SOCIAL MEDIA

Along with their website WOOD TV 8 also features a Twitter and Facebook page. Both of the social media websites are easy to use as both pages post links to stories that are featured on their website.

Writing For The Web

75 Year Old Bridge Wiped out by Flood

Last year a 75 year old bridge that crossed the Roaring Creek as well as went along Roaring Creek Road, was washed away by a flood.

Since then the county has been working on getting the bridge fixed. Roland Lively, the department head of the County Department of Transportation  said that: "The bridge was not in great shape when it was destroyed. We already had some money in the county budget for repairs. Problem was, we didn't have enough to replace the bridge. We were just going to repair it. Fortunately, some state and federal money was available, and we were able to do it a lot quicker than we had expected."

The total cost to replace the 33 foot bridge is $700,000. With the county paying $100,00, the state paying $200,000 and the U.S Department of Transportation funds totaling $400,000, the bridge was able to be reconstructed.

Long Process

With the bridge out residents had to drive further that they usually would to get to highway 19, which was the main route through Midville. To get back to Highway 19, residents of Oak Grove had to drive an extra 9 miles out of the way.

Residents are quite pleased to have their bridge back. After it being open for several weeks now, the official opening ceremonies of the bridge are this morning at 11.

BRIDGE WASHING AWAY-Video

Questionable Performance

The Patriots opened their 2013-2014 season Sunday afternoon with a match up against their division rival  Buffalo Bills. 

Led by veteran, and future hall of fame QB Tom Brady,  most thought that it would be an easy victory for the Patriots and as well as a coming out party for the young receiving core as they faced a less than stellar Bills defense that ranked 22nd in the league last season. Much to the surprise of Patriots fans, and probably to a lot of Buffalo fans as well, the Bills proved to be quite the thorn in the Patriots side, and gave New England a run for their money. 

After the 1st quarter was in the books the Patriots looked poised to dominate the Bills after getting out to a 10-0 lead with a TD pass from Brady to 5th year wide receiver Julian Edelman and a field goal from 8th year kicker Stephen Gostkowski. The 2nd quarter proved to be another story though as the Bills scored twice to pull within 3 points while Brady connected again with Edelman for the pair's second touchdowns of the game. 

Poor performance by the Patriots offense allowed the Bills to take the lead in the 3rd quarter when rookie QB EJ Manuel connected with Stevie Johnson for his 1st career touchdown pass to put the Bills on top 21-17. The Bills stayed in control of the game all the way into the 4th quarter until Tom Brady showed why he is one of the best ever and marched the sub-par Patriots down the field to put Stephen Gostkowski in position to hit the game winning 30 yard field goal.

A combination of high and low expectations lead to the Patriots poor performance. After a stellar pre-season for the young reviving core of the Patriots most had high expectations but, after poor performance by the rookies, especially that of Wide Receiver Kembrell Thompkins and Tight End Zach Suffield, it left Patriots fans reevaluating their expectations.

It was the veterans and returners that ended up saving the day for the Patriots. Newly added wide receiver Danny Amendola as well as wide receiver Julian Edleman shined for Brady as Amendola racked up 10 catches for 104 yards, as well as adding a few clutch outstanding catches, and Edleman added a pair of TD catches.

It was not thousand yard rusher and starting running back Steven Ridley that shined in the backfield, but rather it was the man that the Patriots took the round before him in the 2010 NFL draft, Shane Vareen, that did the bulk of the work. After fumbling the football in the 2nd quarter Coach Belichik subsequently benched Ridley and inserted Vareen in the lineup and was not disappointed as Vareen turned in his first career 100 yard game by rushing for 101 yards on 14 carries.

While yes, a win is a win it was not a pretty one. And while Patriots fans should be happy with the victory, the cause for concern for the rest of the season is definitely there.

Car Crash Proves Fatal

CAR CRASH PROVES FATAL

LYNDONVILLE, VT- Unfortunate timing lead to unfortunate events earlier this afternoon as an elderly woman crashed her vehicle into the front window of a local restaurant, killing one.

The incident occurred when, Annie Coulter, 82, was driving her car southbound on Depot Street when, according to Coulter, swerved to avoid a pedestrian and then had the brakes of her 1999 Chevrolet fail. Coulter, losing control of her car, crashed through the front window of Central Restaurant.

The victim, 59 year old John Barker of Concord, VT, was sitting in the restaurant eating a meal when Coulter's car crashed through the front window. Barker, was not struck by the car crashing through the window but was struck by flying glass resulting in minor cuts.

Unfortunate Death

It was not the incident of the car crashing through the front window that resulted in the death of Barker but rather it was in the process of a good deed that lead to the death of Barker. While trying to help Coulter out of her car, Barker complained of chest pains and then collapsed and died of a heart attack.

Coulter was lucky and only suffered minor injuries from the incident.

CAR CRASHES THROUGH WINDOW-Video

Gunpoint Robbery

At roughly 1:15am this morning one man entered the hometown Sunoco in Swanton, VT, and robbed the cashier at gunpoint.

The robber, described as a white male and approximately 5'8"-6'00", escaped the Sunoco on foot with an undisclosed amount of cash and items. Thankfully no one was injured in the robbery.

The Vermont State Police are continuing their search for the suspect and are following-up on all investigative leads, and they would like your help. If anyone has any information regarding the robbery or suspect they are asked to contact the Vermont State Police in Saint Albans at 820-524-5993 or Franklin County Sherriff's Office at 802-524-2121.

The police have no other information available at the time due to the case still being under investigation. An update will be issued when more information becomes available.

Hunting...how not to do it

A hunting incident during the afternoon of October 20, 2013 proves to be almost fatal for one man, and turns into a criminal offense for another. 

Conrad Masse, of Craftsbury, VT, and Wayne Goff of Wolcott, VT, were off hunting bear together. They were using radio telemetry and GPS to track to bears that the two men had released on the trail of a bear. 

On Urie Rd the two men decided to get in front of the bear that was already being pursued by two dogs. Goff exited the truck to wait for the bear to cross while Masse drove the truck approximately 514 feet down the road where he then exited the truck to wait for the bear to cross the road.  

The bear eventually did cross the road, right in between Masse and Goff. Masse proceeded to open fire upon the bear with his .30-06 Remington rifle by firing three shots.

The three shots whistled down the road one hitting the bear, the second hitting a tree off to the side, and the third striking Goff. The bullet struck Goff in the pelvic area.

Goff was transported to North County Hospital and transferred to Dartmouth Hitchcock Medial Center for treatment. Since the incident he has been released from the hospital and Goff is in stable condition.

After the investigation concluded Masse was issued a citation to appear in the Orleans Superior Court on February 28th, 2014 in order to answer the charge of Aggravated Assault. Masse was also issued a Fish and Game tickets from firing from the road, having a loaded rifle in his vehicle, and not having proper display or permits for the bear hounds.

This incident shows that you always have to be careful while hunting, no matter how experienced you are. And most importantly, make sure you don't shoot your friend.