Author Archives: lazenbyphoto

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Demonstrating for Canada

  Demonstrators at the corner of State & Main in Montpelier, VT, including one in a beaver suit, had a thing or two to say Saturday morning, March 22, about Canada, Vermonters’ neighbor, frequent destination […]

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Inching Toward Spring on Lake Champlain

Shards on the shore. Light freezes, wind and wave action made fragments of shattered ice that piled up on North Beach in Burlington last week. They lay in piles on the sand and, frozen in […]

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Women’s International Day/50501

Marching and signs of protest at the International Women’s Day and 50501 protest Saturday, March 8, at the Vermont State House in Montpelier, VT, USA.

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Town Meeting 2025

The annual Vermont Town Meeting ritual as it transpired Tuesday, March 4, at Montpelier City Hall and the gym at the East Montpelier elementary school. Discussions ranged from Palestine and Israel to the price for […]

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Vance Visit Protest

Hundreds lined Route 100 in Waitsfield, VT, Saturday morning, March 1, to protest the visit of Vice President J.D. Vance, who came to ski with his family at nearby Sugarbush Ski Resort in Warren. It […]

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It Snowed. A lot.

Falling, blowing snow and a winter that’s beginning to feel like the winters we once had in Vermont… One thing never changes: When it snows, you gotta move the snow! Monday, February 17,  Montpelier and […]

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A Nod to Planica

I’m happy to say that one of my favorite photos—the leaders of the men’s 50-kilometer classic race skiing the course during the 2023 FIS World Nordic Championships in Planica, Slovenia, with the Julian Alps as […]

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Hadestown Homecoming

Ben Matchstick, left, holding flower, and Anais Mitchell, with microphone, co-creators of the award-winning Hadestown musical, delighted cast and audience by attending the January 31 performance of Hadestown (Teen Edition) at U-32 High School in […]

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Vermont Trump Protests

Hundreds gathered at the Vermont State House in Montpelier February 5 and on Presidents’ Day, February 17, to protest the policies of the Trump administration as part of the 50 States (50501) demonstrations. Here are […]

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Craftsbury’s 2025 Ski Marathons

The return of ski racing, in the form of the Craftsbury, VT, skate and classic marathons on January 25 and 26. Click here for galleries from each event.

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Spice on Snow

Images from the Spice on Snow winter music festival organized by Montpelier Alive and the Summit School of Traditional Music and Culture, the renewal of the event after the devastating flood of July, 2023. Events […]

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Martin Luther King Jr. Concert

A few images from the sold-out Martin Luther King Jr. concert at the Montpelier, VT, City Hall Sunday night, January 19, with the Montpelier Community Gospel Choir, Shidaa Projects African drumming and dance, the Montpelier […]

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2024: The Year in Pictures

I seem to have fallen behind on blog posts, but I have made up for it! Please click here take a look at 2024, The Year in Pictures, from my vantage point(s). Don’t forget to […]

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Storm-swept Camels Hump

Storms across the Green Mountains this summer: Camels Hump, on July 12.

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On the March to Hannaford

Migrant workers from around Vermont and elsewhere in New England gathered for an annual soccer tournament organized by Migrant Justice at Leddy Park in Burlington in July. They took a mid-tournament break to march to […]

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Cleaning Up the Mess

  In Plainfield and Barre the cleanup from the Flood of 2024 began. Twenty days later another flood devastated towns in the northern part of the state, the Northeast Kingdom. And it’s early in the […]

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