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Photo: Anne Burling. Zeb Swick and Samantha Duchaine, owners of Alpenglow Farm, have purchased 50 acres of conserved farmland in East Warren.

Alpenglow Farm buys conserved farmland

Zeb Swick and Samantha Duchaine are The Valley’s newest first-time farm owners thanks to a conservation easement placed on 50 acres of East Warren farmland in 2000. The farming couple are ...

Duxbury Select Board, file photo: Katie Martin

Duxbury Select Board discusses next steps

During a second special Duxbury Select Board meeting, board members continued their discussion of steps in budgeting, personnel and pending projects. Just one week after a special select board ...

HUUSD reviews new operating protocols

The Harwood Unified Union School District (HUUSD) Board discussed new operating protocols around board and community communication. At the board's September 11 meeting, board members reviewed a ...

Eliza Cain is keynote speaker at WBON fall conference

Eliza Cain of Red Hen Baking Co. in Middlesex will be a keynote speaker at the Women Business Owners Network (WBON) fall conference with a theme of “Resilience: Overcoming Doubt, Braving Your ...

Tarin Askew (one of two playing the title role in “Oliver!”) rehearses a dance number with the cast.

‘Oliver!’ Forty years ago and this year

The Valley Players will present “Oliver!” – Lionel Bart's musical based on Charles Dickens' novel, “Oliver Twist” – from October 4 through 20 on Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and ...

The Barns and Bridges Festival takes place September 20 to 22.

Barns and Bridges Festival opens

The Barns and Bridges Festival is this weekend, September 20 to 22. The festival, organized by Valley Arts, is a communitywide celebration of the history of the agricultural heritage and the ...

Photo: Ben Falk. An apple a day keeps the doctor away and pears help too. The Mad River Valley Community Orchard is full of ripe fruit to enjoy.

An apple year for the books!

From one end of The Valley to the other, this year’s apple crop is shaping up to be a bumper one including at Mad River Valley Community Orchard at Flemer Field in Waitsfield. The community ...