People and Places

Stopping for dinner in a small town where everyone knew each other’s names, Nick Vanderkloot and his buddy Robert Vernimmen got plenty of stares — then questions about their spandex shorts and clip-in bike shoes.

For the last quarter century, Mike Jordan has been maintaining his own driveway. Sometimes neighbors would approach him and ask if he’d be willing to help them out.

In the event of an emergency, what would you grab as you ran out the door?

A Honduran mother and her two kids, who had been living in Vermont after fleeing threats to their lives, were deported last week after being detained by immigration authorities in St. Albans.

It turns out, city dogs and country dogs aren’t that different.

Where can you buy a cheap hardware desk, find an antique embalming machine and pick up the pocket knife that you had to give up to security officials when you flew from the Burlington International Airport?

AARP announced that Shelburne was one of five Vermont organizations that will receive 2024 Community Challenge grants, part of AARP’s largest investment in communities to date with $3.8 million awarded among 343 organizations nationwide.

Late Albert Moraska selected for Vermont Agricultural Hall of Fame

If Larry Lewack is elected, it won’t interfere with his work because he plans to retire in December

It takes Jessica Scriver a while to get warmed up to do a painting.

It wasn’t love at first sight for Ethan Tapper and his relationship with forests.

Jane MacLean knows that taking over a legacy business can be difficult. Residents of Charlotte and beyond have spent the last four decades enjoying the produce of the Charlotte Berry Farm and she hopes they will appreciate the work she and her husband Dan have done to transform the property into the Sweet Roots Farm and Market.

Inside the 1700s Barn House at Clemmons Family Farm, visitors won’t find plows and animals feeding but posters of African American artwork lining the walls and comfortable couches welcoming visitors for gatherings.

If Emma Slater, owner of Twisted Halo Donuts, had stuck with what she refers to as her first “adult-feeling” job, perhaps she would be the one writing this article.

Douglas Webster doesn’t want his musical pursuits to be confined to one genre.

In the firmament of Charlotte Senior Center programing, there are lots of stars, but over the years one of its all-stars has been Hank Kaestner.