Linda Quinlan Brings Her Poetry to Lake Elmore
In the Vermont poetry scene, Linda Quinlan stands tall. At 76 years old, she’s racked up a number of honors for her writing over a long career. Little more than 10 years…
Monteverdi Brings Musicians to the Street with ‘Make Music Day’
As part of World Music Day and its 40th anniversary, Monteverdi Music School is giving local musicians the mic at locations around Montpelier. In…
How’s Business? One Year Later, Businesses Say PPP Loans and Grants Kept Doors Open
When the word COVID first began creeping into our lunchtime lexicon, little more than a year ago, many Montpelier area businesses hardly noticed. At…
Hanna Satterlee Aims for Fun and Fitness with New Barre Series
“Hug your belly back,” instructs fitness instructor Hanna Satterlee as she descends into a perfect 90-degree squat. “Deep lift,” she follows, lifting out…
Sweet Sarah’s Bakes Dreams Into Pies
“A pie is not something you can procrastinate,” declares Sarah Karandy, owner of Sweet Sarah’s bakery in Montpelier. Opened in mid-October, Sweet Sarah’s describes…
Youth Service Bureau Passes Thanksgiving Dinner Torch to National Life, Sodexo
The coronavirus is notching yet another change to Central Vermont Thanksgivings this year. After 47 years, the Washington County Youth Service Bureau/Boys & Girls…
Central Vermont Bakeries Rise to the Occasion
Breaking bread with a person fills far more than a hungry stomach; it represents an act of generosity, love, and community — a wing…
Brewers, Distillers, Vintners, Oh My! Your Guide to Central Vermont’s Best Booze Barons
Vermonters don’t know how good they have it when it comes to crafting the aqua vitae. Perhaps no greater proof of this was demonstrated…
Stepping Down from The Bridge: Mike Dunphy Moves On
If there’s any shocking statistic in my life, it’s that since graduating from UVM in 1997 and leaving Vermont, I’ve moved 18 times, totaling…
Tentative Deal Reached in Hunger Mountain Co-op Labor Dispute
Union workers and management at Hunger Mountain Co-op have reached a tentative agreement in their lengthy contract dispute. General Manager Kari Bradley confirmed the…
Lisa Maxwell Takes Charge of Montpelier Development Corporation
The Great Recession cut short more than just careers and lives. It ended important conversations about how communities should develop, according to Lisa Maxwell,…
Talking Education with Vermont Teacher of the Year
Montpelier schools rejoiced in mid-October when Elisabeth Kahn—a French and Spanish teacher at Main Street Middle School—was named Vermont Teacher of the Year for…
Local Bow Maker Channels Good Vibrations
While audiences at classical music concerts may marvel as a soloist’s fingers flow up and down the fingerboard atop the beautiful, polished, wooden curves…
Wayfinding Signs Coming to Montpelier
While travel publications may invite visitors to “get lost in Vermont,” Montpelier does not actually want that to happen in a literal sense. In…
9 Ways to Say “I Love You” in Montpelier
by Mike Dunphy The Valentine Bandit isn’t the only one with romance in the heart this Valentine’s Day. Area businesses are also tapping heart…
Vermont Maple Adds Value….and Hibiscus
by Mike Dunphy One thing I’ve always adored about Vermont is how little things change. Having grown up here, but lived much of my…