People and Places

Join me for a pleasant outing in downtown Burlington. Really. This is not aspirational.

Rex Forehand has made a career out of training psychologists, but he’s written a book that can help those in need of their services do some of their work by themselves.

Each day at Merrymac Farm Sanctuary, when 8 a.m. rolls around, it’s feeding time. And like clockwork there’s always a rowdy bunch, ready to eat. 

Katie Rose Leonard’s third year at the helm of Head Over Fields farm wasn’t easy.

The 2020 closing of Woodside Juvenile Rehabilitation Center in Essex left a vacuum in care for Vermont’s most troubled children requiring full-time oversight.

Things are proceeding at an encouraging pace with the renovation of the old farmhouse at the intersection of Hinesburg Road and Spear Street into a restaurant. The building was lifted to rebuild the foundation and has been lowered back into place. Jonathan Maguire, whose project this is, said the development review board has “been absolutely wonderful to work with” and his project falls squarely in the “win column.” He doesn’t have a commitment from a restaurant to lease the building, but he’s hopeful of working out an agreement with the Farmhouse Group, which includes Guild Tavern in South Burlington and El Cortijo, Pascolo and Farmhouse Tap & Grill in Burlington. He noted that it would be a perfect fit because “the Farmhouse Group doesn’t have a farmhouse restaurant.”

After over 40 years in the Baltimore area, Wolfger Schneider was looking for a new home when he retired in 2010.

State officials overseeing fair and impartial policing voted Tuesday to largely restrict Vermont police from reporting undocumented people to federal immigration agents. Or did they?

After three months of renovating and putting on the finishing touches, new owner Jolene Kao has reopened the doors of the Old Brick Store, and the first day was one to remember.

When her 10-year-old cat, Geno, went missing in June 2022, Susie Snow of Williston turned to social media for help. Immediately, someone gave her a name to call: Sue Wear, vigilante pet sleuth.

Joyce Cameron, the president and CEO of the Chittenden County Humane Society, never envisioned a career in animal welfare, but in retrospect, it seems like a natural fit.

Clemmons Family Farm has announced the two winners of its new artist-in-residence program — Winosha Steele and William Ransom.

A week into his job as Charlotte’s town administrator and Nate Bareham exudes enthusiasm about his new position — or it may be that Bareham just exudes enthusiasm about life in general.

Initially, Larry Sudbay’s impetus for writing a book was to create a legacy for his wife Jan and sons, Will and Charlie, with a secondary goal of providing some ideas for business leaders to use to either start or end meetings.

Growing up, Caitlin Herr looked at the amount of time her parents spent volunteering for rescue services and felt absolutely no desire to enter the field, but one incident led to a change of heart.

Childcare is a serious concern in Charlotte as it is in most other places.

Sometimes it’s hard to live up to the reputation of a famous family member, but Peter Post has been able.

On a Saturday morning In late October 2010, Jeffrey Hollender answered the phone in his Charlotte home. The caller was the lawyer for Seventh Generation, the Vermont-based company Hollender started 22 years before and for which he served as CEO.

Matt Daley is a master of delayed gratification. He and his wife Lauren purchased their Charlotte land in 2016 with the goal of opening a tree farm.