Change does not come easy in New England. We, as a people, take pride in our traditions, our celebrations and our festivals. Our weather might change at the drop of a hat, but a true New Englander knows what season is upon…
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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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Brattleboro Union High grad Hillary Renaud leaves her mark on regional race tracks By Shane CoveyVermont Country Brattleboro Union High School’s outdoor track didn’t do Hillary Renaud much good. She needed one with banked turns, an outside wall and a pit road.…
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Don’t worry about it. Circle of Life chucks the bucket for you and can even bring back some soil By Bob AudetteVermont Country BROOKLINE — It all started with pigs that needed to be fed. “When mandatory composting went into law in…
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Poison parsnip and poison ivy, false hellebore galore … beware as you take to Green Mountain trails By Jim TherrienVermont Country BENNINGTON — Tick season and Lyme disease get a lot of deserved attention in Vermont in the warmer months, but several…
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New name, but same power-packed beverage with dozens of antioxidants, vitamins, minerals By Bob AudetteVermont Country WENDELL, Mass. — Six years ago, Sara Schley and Joe Laur officially launched MapleMama, a line of nonalcoholic craft maple spritzers. But the idea had been…
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From dating fails to fiancees, anything is possible with some apps, willpower and willingness to meet halfway By Gena MangiarattiVermont Country Magazine Online dating apps. Masked meet-ups. Walks on the beach in the bitter cold. This is dating, since the COVID-19 pandemic…
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Pandemic wreaked scheduling havoc on Green Mountain marriage ceremony By Susan SmallheerUpCountry Magazine SAXTONS RIVER — Ruth Rowell and Brendan Hackett set the date: June 6, 2020.Then COVID hit.And they set another date, Oct. 24, 2020.And they even got the coronavirus, together,…
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Pair of wedding-reliant Southern Vermont businesses deftly dodge the COVID-19 pandemic By Bob AudetteUpCountry Magazine Brides and grooms and their loved ones aren’t the only folks who needed to shift nuptial plans because of COVID-19. Part of the wedding economy in Southern…
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By Chris Mays, Vermont Country Spring technically starts in March. In Vermont, however, we still have some time to go. That might mean being stuck indoors because of rain, impassable mud roads or a freakishly large snowstorm, all of which can make…
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Stratton Mountain School alumni shine at 2022 Olympic Games By Michael Mawson Vermont Country STRATTON — A total of 91 countries took part in the 2022 Winter Olympic Games. If Stratton Mountain School alumni formed its own nation, the independent boarding school…
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