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November 13, 2010
A cool, electric bicycle that passes the ‘green’ test
An audience gathered at the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum’s Storytelling Festival held in Ferrisburgh recently. Maritime festival activities included, among other things, stories about tugboats on the Hudson River, Erie and Champlain canals, Very Merry Theater’s performance of “The Velveteen Rabbit”, and the traditional New England maritime music of Atlantic Crossing.
By Lou Varricchio newmarketpress@denpubs.com Tim Mathewson, owner and master mechanic of Little City Cycles in Vergennes, believes there’s no such thing as a bad bike. The bike entrepreneur—a self-described two-wheel prophet—has not only sold traditional bicycles to residents of Addison County, and saved a few old bicycles from the scrap heap; he has also helped bring new bike technologies to Addison County’s road and offroad spoked warriors. In addition to his retail bike shop, Mathewson sports a heart of gold when it comes to helping disadvantaged people utilize bikes to get ahead in life. He has been giving away bicycles to disadvantaged peoples living both inside and outside the USA for several years. “I have a section out back of what I call our Mexican bikes,” Mathewson said. “We receive free donations of various bikes. Then our volunteers fix them up. When they are road worthy, we give them to new immigrants in Addison County—at no cost.” When he’s not helping or inspiring people to ride their traditional pedal bikes more, Mathewson is championing novel ways to expand bicycle usage in the 21st century. His latest product offering is Little City Cycles’ hybrid Nor ’Easter Electric All-Terrain Bike—Vermont’s very own utility bike. With a six-hour battery charge, the Nor-Easter may not be as fast as a Vespa motor scooter but it’s a whole lot cheaper and greener to operate. “This electric bike is very new. There’s really nothing like it in the world,” Mathewson said. “This is what I call the pickup truck of the bike world. You can take it in the backwoods. This baby can go anywhere. Even hunters can use it and bring out a deer on the back.” Little City Cycles uses a coaster-brake bike frame, then
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A Vermont triple murder mystery Small City 1935 murders provide grist for writers Market reopens with a flourish By Lou Varricchio
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Part 1: Two local writers have assumed the mantle of fiction’s most famous crime-fighting duo—Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson. The two women are hunting down 75year-old leads in the hopes of partially untangling Vermont’s most gruesome triple murder. The pair are investigating the still unsolved murder case that first came to light along a lonely East Middlebury road May 15, 1935. Roxanna Emilo of Middlebury and Kathy Brande of Bristol are busy researching and plotting their version of Middlebury’s infamous murder-mystery. Their eightyear-long investigation has provided a realistic basis for a novel, now in the works, that will focus on the local true-crime story.
By Lou Varricchio newmarketpress@denpubs.com
was visiting her at her place. She happened to mention this old murder story—the victims were shot in the head and their remains had been found on (the old Luther Roscoe) property near her
Small City Market, a longtime commercial anchor in downtown Vergennes, is one of those Vermonty destinations that has a customer base that isn’t afraid to drive the extra mile for special goodies not found elsewhere—such as New Yorkstyle brick oven pizza and distinctive Vermont Coffee offerings. The market, which broke ground on a spiffy new market and Mobil gasoline service at 2 S. Water St. back in May, has reopened
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Vermont writers Kathy Brand and Roxanna Emilo at the scene of an unsolved 1935 triple murder located near Route 116. Photo by Lou Varricchio
Titled “If These Woods Could Talk”, Emilo and Brandt’s book project is also being developed with an eye for the movie screen. “I became friends with Roxanna a few years back,” said Brande,” and one day I
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