Local Food & Farm Guide: Cutting Hill, A Cornwall beef company

When Ramsay and Caroline Mellish moved their farming business from Newport Center to 380 acres of rolling pasture and fields off South Bingham Street in Cornwall five years ago they started to diversify from organic dairy into raising beef cattle under the name Cutting Hill Beef Company. They said they wanted to ensure two things: That they follow regenerative agriculture methods and that they refrain from using pesticides. They defined “regenerative agriculture” as a system of farming principles and practi … (read more)

BRIDPORT — Paul Wagner likes old vehicles. He owns a 1957 Dodge D200 pickup and a d’57 John Deere 520 tractor, and is a member of the Vermont Automotive Enthusiasts Classic and Antique Car Club. A retired farmer, Wagner occasionally organizes informal ant … (read more)

MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury distributor of John Deere and other brand farm equipment has been sold to a larger chain of stores that sells new and used equipment to farmers, commercial landscapers, builders, and homeowners. United Ag & Turf of East Windsor … (read more)

MIDDLEBURY — After a tornado tore across a mile of the Painter Road neighborhood in Middlebury this past Friday afternoon, one youngster went to the hospital with minor injuries and another young woman was shaken up after the twister roughed her up a bit, … (read more)

MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury police and firefighters, along with the Middlebury Regional EMS ambulance, were called to a Painter Road home on Friday afternoon after an apparent tornado toppled a tree onto a house, injuring a teenage boy. The youngster was take … (read more)

VERMONT — Gov. Phil Scott on Friday announce that all Vermonters will be eligible to sign up for COVID-19 vaccinations by April 19. At his semi-weekly press conference, Scott released the order in which the rest of the Green Mountain State residents will … (read more)

ADDISON COUNTY — It’s been a year; it’s been a long year. As the seriousness of the impending emergency became obvious, the front of our March 12, 2020, edition featured a banner all the way across the top saying “Coronavirus Watch.” It featured stories o … (read more)

MIDDLEBURY — Vermont Cider Company, one of Middlebury’s bigger manufacturing concerns, will be sold to a group of investors who joined forces specifically to purchase the maker of Woodchuck Hard Cider. Northeast Drinks Group LLC, a privately owned holding … (read more)

NEW HAVEN — A few weeks ago Lisa Dupoise updated her picture on her Facebook page. This change drew a lot more responses than the usual Facebook update. “Everyone is asking, ‘Oh, what did you do? What’s your secret?’” Dupoise said. “So I personal messaged … (read more)

VERMONT — State health officials will begin offering COVID-19 vaccines to Vermonters age 75 and older beginning next week. Gov. Phil Scott said at Tuesday’s press conference that distribution of the vaccine to health care workers and long-term care facili … (read more)

BRANDON — The town of Brandon is looking for a new animal control officer after the selectboard on Jan. 11 voted to dismiss Margaret Kahrs, who had held the ACO job for about a year. After meeting in executive session for less than an hour to discuss the … (read more)

ADDISON COUNTY  — Along with the rest of Vermont, Addison County is caught up in a surge of COVID-19 cases stemming from an increase in a spread of the disease related to people getting together over the Christmas holidays. The Vermont Department of Healt … (read more)

VERGENNES  — After Vermont Health Commissioner Dr. Mark Levine singled out a Vergennes church as the source of 80 recent COVID-19 cases, the pastor of Victory Baptist Church on Route 7 says that his parishioners were following federal safety guidelines du … (read more)

ADDISON-5 — Longtime incumbent Rep. Harvey Smith said he was surprised that his margin of victory in the Addison-5 House race wasn’t closer. Smith, a New Haven Republican, defeated Bridport Democrat and first-time candidate Jubilee McGill, 1,331-1,127, fo … (read more)

ADDISON-2 — Incumbent Rep. Peter Conlon, D-Cornwall on Tuesday easily won reelection to a third term representing the Addison-2 Vermont House seat that represents Cornwall, Salisbury, Leicester, Ripton, Goshen and Hancock. Conlon, the only candidate on th … (read more)