Hike the Bennington Triangle … if you dare By Bob Audette, Vermont Country Magazine. GLASTENBURY MOUNTAIN — Joseph Citro doesn’t want to scare you away from exploring the vanished town of Fayville, but he has one piece of advice for intrepid hikers. “I…
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Voted Best Art Gallery in the 2025 Brattleboro Reformer’s Reader’s Choice Awards Vermont Artisan Designs is a fine art and contemporary American craft gallery which – for more than 50 years – has celebrated a wide variety of artists and artisans primarily…
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By Chris Mays and Bob Audette, Vermont Country Magazine Southern Vermont’s food scene is evolving with a blend of tradition, innovation, and community spirit. From a Brattleboro-based granola company taking on new ownership to a reimagined riverside restaurant and a café revival…
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Nestled atop Hogback Mountain in Marlboro sits Vermont Distillers, an award winning, family owned and operated craft distillery that boasts a 100-mile view from its back deck. The business was founded by local entrepreneur, Ed Metcalfe in 2008, and he continues to…
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By Bob Audette, Vermont Country Magazine. BRATTLEBORO — Mini mania is hitting downtown Brattleboro in a big way with more than 60 storefront windows filled with Lilliputian displays of doll houses, steam trains, terrariums, and more. “In addition to being a mushroom…
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By Anne Archer, Vermont Country correspondent. This holiday season, Jariya Wannapat, founder and chef of TAAN Cuisine of Siam is giving thanks to her customers and community by donating the gift of Tom Kha soup to the Bennington Empty Bowls fundraiser. “I…
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There’s no place like Brattleboro for the holidays! For its second year, presented by Downtown Brattleboro Alliance & Brattleboro Flea, Market on Main will pop-up at 74 Main Street in Downtown Brattleboro. The 7000 square ft storefront on Main Street, will reawaken…
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By Ahmad Yassir, Vermont Country Magazine. At the heart of Bennington’s cultural landscape, the Monument Arts & Cultural Center (MACC) stands as the region’s largest public auditorium and a year-round destination for the arts. With visual arts galleries, workshops, professional theater, traveling…
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Tour the studios, meet the artisans, see demonstrations, and purchase one of a kind gifts directly from them. By Lynn Barrett. PUTNEY — Looking to buy a gift directly from the local artist who made it? The day after Thanksgiving, the studios of…
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By Kelly Palecek, Vermont Country Magazine. It wasn’t part of the plan. Hope only stepped into Haig’s Bar that night because its name matched her grandfather’s. As a literal tug from her sister dragged her through the door, she was unaware that…
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By Danielle M. Crosier, Vermont Country Magazine. BENNINGTON — Inside of the Bennington Museum, rests the weathered gravestone of Jedediah Dewey – first reverend to the small community of Benning Wentworth’s “Bennington.” The headstone, an original, is stained and worn and cracked…
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