CRAFTSBURY – Katherine Sims founded Green Mountain Farm-to-School, worked as a Vermont House Representative for four years and is currently working as a consultant for nonprofits. She communicates with both the local community and the scientific community to be informed on topics around legislation and nonprofit work. She gave some[Read More…]
Our Neighborhood
Sunday-Winters Acts Fast and Shows Up
GREENSBORO – The Rev. Ed Sunday-Winters, minister of Greensboro United Church, had to act fast when the pandemic hit Vermont in 2020. Within 48 hours of the first lockdowns, he took the church fully remote. Originally, he said, it was just him, his iPad and an organist streaming sermons over[Read More…]
Student Art in Bloom at HCA, April 9, 10
GREENSBORO – Artwork by students in Orleans Southwest Supervisory Union (OSSU) will be on view at the Highland Center for the Arts (HCA), Wednesday, April 9 and Thursday, April 10 from noon to 4 p.m. OSSU art teachers doubled as gallery technicians, Monday, April 7 as they prepped for the[Read More…]
Energy and Climate Action Committee Meeting, April 17
GREENSBORO — The Greensboro Energy and Climate Action Committee will hold its quarterly hybrid meeting on Thursday, April 17, from 6 to 7:30 p.m., downstairs at the Greensboro Free Library, located on East Craftsbury Road. The public is welcome. The zoom link can be found on the Greensboro town website.
Former Peace Corps Volunteers Share Strong Spirit of Service
CABOT— Established by President John F. Kennedy in 1960, the Peace Corps organization has been a longtime pillar of volunteer organizations, serving international communities with the mission of promoting world peace and friendship through community-based development and intercultural understanding. Peace Corps Week 2025 is February 23 to March 1. This[Read More…]
“You Can Just Come and Be Here”
HARDWICK – As head librarian, Diane Grenkow tries to cultivate a welcoming environment. With its accessibility issues, the historic Jeudevine Public Library hasn’t made it easy. “You can’t get in here if you can’t navigate a set of steps,” Grenkow said. “Once inside, everything is too close together, and the[Read More…]
Brodericks Raise Feral Hops, Saxon Merino Sheep for Beer, Beanies
HARDWICK — On Center Road, peeking slightly through and above the trees, sits a field of atypical appearance: eighteen-foot tall poles arranged in rows are interconnected via wire and rope. Absent of vines and greenery in the winter months, stands the Whitefield Hop Yard. Kevin and Karen Broderick returned hops[Read More…]
How Saxon Merino Sheep Got to Tasmania
EAST HARDWICK – Eliza Forlong was a remarkable woman who in the 1820s walked 1,500 miles throughout Saxony (now part of the Federal Republic of Germany) selecting from the best flock of Saxon Merino sheep. This was an outstanding achievement. Eliza Jack was born in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1784, and[Read More…]
The Thompsons Do the Right Thing
GREENSBORO BEND – Landon and Jen Thompson do the right thing because it’s the right thing to do. The Thompsons own Smith’s Store in Greensboro Bend, where they adjust their schedules so one of them is there as often as possible. When she hears of community needs, Jen can’t help[Read More…]
Mary Bothfeld Golden Grew up in Cabot
CABOT – Mary Bothfeld Golden recently celebrated her 100th birthday. She came from her home in Maine in August for the annual Bothfeld reunion at the family farm in Cabot. Golden graduated from Cabot High School in 1942, in a class of 11 students. She now has great grandchildren who enjoy[Read More…]
Just a Bump in the (Flooded) Road for Long-time Lovebirds
HARDWICK – Local couple Candy Parchment and Mike Morin recalled their experience with the historic July 9 flooding of 2023, on Parchment’s property on Route 15 West, across from the Lamoille River. In their nine years of partnership, the two had not witnessed a weather event so devastating to our[Read More…]
Lucie Hobbs-Johnson Attends Dental Hygiene School with VSAC funding
by VSAC Staff HARDWICK – “I’m a late bloomer,” says Lucie Hobbs-Johnson with a broad smile. At the age of 49, she’s just finished her first year of dental hygiene school at Vermont State University-Williston (VTSU). Going back to school and becoming a hygienist represents the fulfillment of a longtime[Read More…]
