Two local teens heading to China

MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury Union High School rising juniors Nate Wulfman and Micah Lynch are packing their bags and preparing to jet to China next week for what for both will be a first ever trip to Asia. Part of a six-student team that draws from high schools across the...

VBT pedals into fifth decade

BRISTOL — When John Freidin founded Vermont Bicycle Tours in the early 1970s he never imagined that 40 years later the company would grow to annually serve 5,000 travelers in 26 countries. He didn’t know of any businesses at the time that were based on bicycle...

Vermont vintners promote northern wines with passport

VERMONT — Those who visit a Vermont winery before the end of the year may well find themselves compelled to visit a couple — or 20 — more. That’s because the Vermont Grape and Wine Council two weeks ago launched its own version of the wildly popular Vermont brewery...

Patchwork: Sometimes gardening is for the birds

Barbara took a risk asking me to write a guest column in this fine gardening feature, so full of descriptions of abundance, beauty and delectability. I grew up in a gardening family, my mother a genius with flowers; my great grandfather an orchardist from Sicily. My...

AC sweeps twin bill, reaches 3-2 in league

MIDDLEBURY — The Addison County American Legion baseball team rode one dominant pitching performance and one solid one to a Sunday doubleheader sweep of Orleans-Essex-Caledonia, 2-0 and 8-3, on the Middlebury College diamond. The two wins made it three straight for AC...