Caroline Kapp


  • Country stores: A Vermont tradition

    Country stores: A Vermont tradition

    ADDISON COUNTY — We, two Middlebury College students, set off on a mission: 16 country stores, 408 miles, one week. Our wild, cross-county expedition was motivated by a…

  • Video: Our Country Stores

    Video: Our Country Stores

    Over the last decade, Vermont has lost many of its small country stores. The Addison Independent visited some that remain to find out what makes them special —…

  • A look at the lives of country store owners

    A look at the lives of country store owners

    Caroline Kapp and Nora Peachin visited many of Vermont’s country, general and village stores to find out what makes them special — and how they are evolving. Read…

  • Cooking demos leave customers hungry for more

    Cooking demos leave customers hungry for more

    MIDDLEBURY — When Natacha Liuzzi was in high school, she got kicked out of Home Ec class for being a bit of a know-it-all. After growing up watching…

  • Hancock’s Camp Killooleet has roots in music

    Hancock’s Camp Killooleet has roots in music

    HANCOCK — Whoever was going to marry Kate Seeger knew that they weren’t just getting her, they also had to be ready to take on a hundred or…

  • Shoreham celebrates summer with strawberries

    Shoreham celebrates summer with strawberries

    SHOREHAM — No one is really sure how long the Shoreham Strawberry Festival has been going on. Guesses of half a dozen folks we asked ranged from 15…