Through their commitment to dressing plainly and living simply, the Quakers quietly rebuke contemporary America's blinged-out culture. A corresponding aesthetic of restraint sets Quaker…
It's no secret Vermont dairy farms are major contributors to the phosphorus runoff that is polluting Lake Champlain. In particular, the way they dispose…
Is Vermont developing an enviro-business corridor?
In the spring of 1981, a wide-eyed University of Vermont engineering student and his soon-to-be-wife drafted a farfetched business plan: Manufacture wind-turbine "assessment" gear…
A former meat inspector revives one of Vermont's last remaining slaughterhouses
There were 30 slaughterhouses in Vermont when Carl Cushing first started working as a state meat inspector. Three decades later, only seven remain. So, on…
FERRISBURGH - Plans for a $2.75 million reconstruction of the historic Ferrisburgh Grange, which was destroyed by arson more than two years ago, suffered a…
Caring for a parent who has Alzheimer's disease can be numbing, frustrating and sometimes unexpectedly illuminating, as part-time Vermonter Judith Levine showed in her memoir…
How do you move a million books? Very carefully. And that's just what a Connecticut-based company will be doing beginning next Monday at Middlebury College.…
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