Hannah Laga Abram
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Thirty years on call: Service is part of LaPete’s family
NEW HAVEN — The end of July marked 31 years as a rescue squad volunteer for Lisa LaPete, the Head of Service for New Haven First Response.“I really…
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Ilsley opens local artist’s first Crayola marker exhibit
MIDDLEBURY – The first open show of 72-year-old Bob Crosby’s art went up at the Ilsley Library on Sept. 1 and will be on view through the end…
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Field Days: His veins run deep with fair French Fries
NEW HAVEN — Anthony Mastergeorge of Rockingham has been selling French fries for 65 years.Leaning out of his “AJ’s fresh cut French Fries” truck — which he built…
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Hand mowing connects to history
NEW HAVEN — Quiet can be hard to find at Field Days, but around the back of the cornfields, the “hand mowing” contest draws those who appreciate a…
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Bread & Puppet troupe returns to Middlebury
“Morning happens when enough birds loudly declare the sun.” These words sang from a hand-painted banner at Bread and Puppet’s July performance in Middlebury’s Marble Works. That’s precisely…
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Bristol Band celebrates 150+ years of music with hometown heart
BRISTOL — Donna Wood remembers when she first heard the Bristol Band play in the summer of ’79.“We went to one concert and that decided it. I was…
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What in the world is a ‘gymkhana?’
NEW HAVEN — Lori Brown may run the Field Days event with the strangest name, but she said it’s also one of the more inclusive and family-oriented competitions…
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Parents reflect on their motivations for having babies in this era
ADDISON COUNTY — Samantha Ryan always knew she wanted to be a mother.But when her son, Jamie, was three months old, the first COVID-19 cases started popping up…
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Northlands whistleblower wins $3.2 million
VERGENNES — A jury has ordered the company that operates the Northlands Job Corps federally funded job training center in Vergennes to pay a former employee $3.2 million…
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Vt. students will head back to school with limited restrictions
MONTPELIER — Vermont students will be able to return to fully in-person instruction when the school year begins this fall, with only a few state health recommendations in…
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Clippings: Global thinking isn’t good enough
Global thinking is supposed to save the world.Throughout my life — and particularly as a student — I have been told time and time again that we just…
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Femme farm crew builds confidence
BRISTOL — Some days, the farm crew at New Leaf Organics piles into a van brimming with flowers. Other days, they tend tomatoes in the greenhouse while the…
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Center for ‘contemplative ecology’ focuses on food
LINCOLN — In 2005, Russell and Gillian Comstock began crafting a letter to their friends detailing what they were looking for. A piece of land with wild space…
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Mead café takes local drinks in a new direction
MIDDLEBURY — Self-described fantasy geek Alexandre Apfel first encountered the word “mead” while reading “Beowulf.” Little did he know he would wind up opening the first mead café…
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Video: Bread & Puppet in Middlebury
MIDDLEBURY — Last week the iconic Vermont political puppetry troupe Bread & Puppet Theater performed in Middlebury’s Marble Works. Hannah Laga Abram captured these highlights from the show.
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College to house undergrads at Bread Loaf
RIPTON — For the first time in its history Middlebury College will house undergraduate students at its Bread Loaf campus during the regular school year.“We will have a…