Think like a local: Try a Vermont staycation!

Like many Vermont residents, my wife Dottie and I try to budget each year for a weeklong winter sojourn with one prerequisite: It must be somewhere warm to recharge the internal battery amid unrelenting cold temps and falling snow here in the Northeast.

Enjoy a picnic and some great outdoor music

There are a lot of things you can do outside during the summer in Vermont. There’s swimming, gardening, biking, hiking, golfing, fishing, boating, barbequing … Oh so many good things.

Pick-your-own-fruit etiquette

Planning to pick your own fruit this summer? Let’s review some pick-your-own fruit etiquette to keep in mind when you go.

Vergennes farmers market expanded hours

The Vergennes Farmers Market soon will embark on an exciting new season, brimming with fresh changes and enhancements that reflect the city of Vergennes’s commitment to enriching our community experience.

Museum researches Champlain shipwrecks

Those large yellow buoys you may see floating atop Lake Champlain aren’t for monitoring the weather, nor are they for decoration. Instead, they mark the final resting places of centuries-old ships that wrecked on the lakebed.

Try biking through Addison County

Champlain Valley is a great place to hop on your bike and tool around. There are plenty of hills to make it challenging, but there are also flat spots where you can catch your breath and soak up the views.

Kick up your heels at the Morgan Horse Farm

The University of Vermont Morgan Horse Farm is a unique, timeless place. Its mission is to preserve and promote the Morgan breed, and to provide hands-on educational experiences to students and the public.

Summer guide: Treasures & treats await at St. Stephen’s market

Almost every summer since 1947, the people of St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church on the Green in downtown Middlebury have staged huge yard that covers a large part of the lawn and gazebo and, except for during the pandemic, reached into the church basement an … (read more)

Summer guide: Sit back and enjoy the Bristol Town Band

A summer tradition continues in Bristol this summer as it has for many summers. Many, many summers.

Summer guide: Native American elders to gather in Lincoln

The Sunray Peace Village of Lincoln will host the 40th Annual Native American Elders and Youth Gathering this summer on July 26 through July 28. This year’s theme is “Earth Awareness: How Our Hearts Resonate with the Voice of Myriad Galaxies.”

Summer Guide: Bristol is bringing its summer events back

Summertime this year in Bristol will be filled with food trucks, festival music and the return of two familiar events. 

Summer Guide: Enjoy your summer outside on wooded trails

Whether you plan on walking to the top of Mount Abraham, the highest peak in Addison County, or just want to take a ramble in the woods, summer is a great time to get outside and enjoy nature by hiking.

Summer Guide: Ilsley helps us find reasons to be cheerful this summer

This summer the library will host the “Reasons to be Cheerful” series Tuesdays at 11:30 a.m. from July 11 to Aug. 29.

Green energy festival comes to the Little City

While the warm summer sun shining and thoughts of solar energy are not far from many people’s minds, Vergennes in mid-July will be the site of an expo designed to educate people about ways to power our modern lifestyle without polluting the planet.

Summer Guide: Get out and enjoy farmers markets

While you are out and about this summer enjoying some fun in the sun, you are likely to work up an appetite. Fortunately there are plenty of farmers market in the area that are great in several ways.

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