by Tim Carrington | Dec 19, 2024 | Health
‘Owl-struck’ author tells what an owl knows One of five sisters growing up in Washington, D.C., Jennifer Ackerman from age seven would set out before sunrise to observe birds along the Potomac with her father, who held a demanding job in government while nurturing a...
by Ireland Hayes | Oct 27, 2024 | Crime and Courts, Fire/Rescue, Local Services, Politics
Items discovered after DWI arrest A Castleton man pleaded guilty last Thursday to driving while intoxicated as well as stealing items totaling more than $67,000: two antique replica cannons worth $50,000, a $12,000 John Deere tractor and a $5,000 trailer full of...
by Bob Hurley | Oct 22, 2024 | Agriculture, Art, Business, Crime and Courts, Health, Infrastructure, Local Services
Deer Road.jpgDeer on the road in Tiger Valley. On a clear November night around 11 p.m., Edie and David Tatel of Castelton were traveling on a twisty, narrow section of Rock Mills Road toward the bridge that crosses the Thornton River. Out of nowhere a deer jumped in...
by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Apr 21, 2024 | Agriculture, Art, Business, Health, Politics
One day he feels fine . . . next comes a diagnosis of cancer, five kinds “I’m a very blessed man. My whole life, I’ve had everything I wanted or needed,” said Ted Pellegatta, looking back on 84 years from the vantage of his recliner in the tiny cottage next door to...
by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Mar 4, 2024 | Agriculture, Education, Health, Politics
Smithsonian study seeks to protect species If you spend a lot of time in the woods, but you’ve never seen a bobcat, chances are a bobcat has seen you. Virginia’s bobcat population is thriving, and these elusive creatures can show themselves—or not—with ease. Though...
