Family’s easygoing attitude and dedication keep customers coming back year after year…
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By Susan Smallheer, Vermont Country Toys — soft, cuddly animal toys — are what Mary Meyer Stuffed Toys is all about. The Townshend company designs and produces dozens of different kinds of animal toys and gifts, and has since 1933, when Mary…
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By Chris MaysVermont Country Bonnyvale Environmental Education Center’s “Forest of Mystery” is a fun way to celebrate the fall season by hiking at night and taking in a haunting but humorous story. James and Jess Gelter, a couple from Brattleboro, have been…
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Vermont Country With the coming of spooky season, those of us who’ve waited eagerly all summer — enduring heat wave after heat wave — can finally engage in New England’s family-favorite fall pastimes: Apple-picking and cider-drinking, finding the best pumpkin in the…
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Biennial festival by Sandglass Theater set for Sept. 9 to 18 By Susan SmallheerVermont Country PUTNEY — Sofia Padilla grew up in Mexico City, and it was there, after drama school, she fell in love with puppets. “They are more magical, you…
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Herbalists practicing in Southern Vermont By Patricia HerleviVermont Country correspondent When Brattleboro acupuncturist and herbalist Timothy Scott was earning his undergraduate degree in psychology and general health sciences, he found that the medical model he studied compartmentalized the mind and body. His…
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These 3 Southern Vermont shops will tempt you with distinct treats that dare to go beyond mere maple (but they have maple stuff, too) By Gena MangiarattiVermont Country When we think of sweet things in Vermont, we tend to think of maple…
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Violins, guitars and mandolins are this luthier’s specialty By Bob AudetteVermont Country BRATTLEBORO — If a workshop can be characterized as both tidy and cluttered, David Sullivan’s shop on Spruce Street might just be the exemplar. Light shines through the many windows…
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$300,000 still needed in fundraising effort for fledgling grocery, bakery, event space By Isabel WissnerVermont Country BENNINGTON — A new Bennington Community Market aims to support local farmers while increasing the accessibility of fresh produce and goods to the region. Aila West,…
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And how he’s never been able to escape from mathematics By Bob AudetteVermont Country DORSET — Since high school, mathematics has played an integral and sometimes surprising role in the life of master furniture maker Dan Mosheim. “I liked geometry in high…
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Kathleen Gurney continues to follow her own path with Salsa Sisters By Bob AudetteVermont Country BRATTLEBORO — Kathleen Gurney, originally from Memphis, a hamlet in upstate New York, started making salsa for family and friends and for cookouts and barbecues. And like…
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