Summer's here and the time is right, for dancing in the streets. And eating. And shopping. And riding. Here are some of the big events going on this year.

Hopefully you have Labor Day off and are enjoying the break. I decided to put in a little extra work to help save you some cash. So I checked my email to see what smart shopping tips you have for me to share with everyone.

Forget Cartier, Indian luxury jewellery brands are wooing buyers with innovative lines and top-of-the-line gemstones. Shopping for a rock and looking perhaps for a stone that will be just perfect?

By JOHN FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury Development Review Board (DRB) on Monday gave its final, conditional approval to a proposed Staples store in The Centre/Hannaford shopping plaza off Route 7 South. Developers, however, will have much work

Take a spring drive and check out a few interesting greenhouses in the region. Some of them have sales on trees and bare root stock and are selling lots of flowers, tomatoes and bedding plants.