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File photo, Socrates Cafe. Photo: Chris Keating.

Untold Stories students hosts Socrates Cafe

On Tuesday, December 3, a group of students from the Untold Stories course at Harwood are hosting a community Socrates Cafe discussion centered around the topic of diversity. Last year, former ...

Untold Stories students hosts Socrates Cafe

On Tuesday, December 3, a group of students from the Untold Stories course at Harwood are hosting a community Socrates Cafe discussion centered around the topic of diversity. Last year, former ...

Dawson to retire from HUUSD

Donarae Dawson, director of student support services for the Harwood Unified Union School District (HUUSD), is retiring after 28 years. Dawson is a native Vermonter who attended the University of ...

Photo courtesy of Sugarbush Resort. Win Smith explains to the crowd at a community forum his reasons for selling the resort to Alterra.

Full house at Sugarbush community forum

Members of the Mad River Valley community filled the Gate House Lodge at Sugarbush last Wednesday night. While there was tea, coffee, a full bar and a buffet spread of fruits and cheeses, this is not ...

Photo courtesy of FMR. Longtime FMR board member Katie Sullivan helps at a community stewardship day last fall.

Friends of the Mad River is 30 years old

Many Vermont stories start on a ski slope and, in a way, this one did, too. Thirty years ago, local concerns about the effects of a snowmaking operation on the Mad River drew attention to the ...

HUUSD will revote on freezing IDC

The Harwood Unified Union School District (HUUSD) Board will vote a second time on whether or not to freeze intradistrict choice (IDC) due to a failure to warn the agenda item properly for its ...

ICS seeks help in curb cut modification

Tom Kaminski, owner of Irasville Country Store, asked the Waitsfield Select Board to support his efforts to modify the curb cut at his convenience store, gas station and deli. “I’m here to ...

Collaborative Brewing set to open Black Friday

It may be almost wintertime, but breweries are springing up around The Valley. Opening day of a new taproom, Collaborative Brewing, is on Black Friday, November 29, from 2 to 7 p.m. The brewery is ...