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Vermont Fish & Wildlife says remove bird feeders by April 1

The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department says warm spring weather and melting snows will cause bears to come out of their winter dens in search of food. The department recommends taking down bird ...

Vermont Fish & Wildlife says remove bird feeders by April 1

The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department says warm spring weather and melting snows will cause bears to come out of their winter dens in search of food. The department recommends taking down bird ...

HU gains new board chair and vice chair

Caitlin Hollister, Waterbury, is the new board chair for the Harwood Unified Union School District (HUUSD) Board and Torrey Smith, Duxbury, is the new vice chair. The HUUSD elected a new board chair ...

The Mad River Valley Rotary Club named Sean and Karen Lawson as Rotary People of the Year.

Karen and Sean Lawson are Rotary People of the Year

By a unanimous decision of the Mad River Valley Rotary Club, Karen and Sean Lawson of Lawson’s Finest Liquids in Waitsfield have been named Rotary People of the Year. They will be celebrated with ...

Peter MacLaren is innkeeper of the year

The Mad River Valley’s Peter MacLaren of West Hill House B&B is selected as the 2019 Vermont Chamber of Commerce Borden E. Avery Innkeeper of the Year. This award celebrates MacLaren’s ...

The bat hanging out at the library was identified as the species big brown bat.

Hanging out at the library – upside down

A handsome brown bat took up residence in the Joslin Memorial Library over the winter, hibernating during construction and renovations at the building on the corner of Main Street and Bridge Street ...

Harwood’s Mia Cooper was named to the 2019 girls’ All-Capital league team. She was also selected for the Dream Dozen.

HU athlete and coach honored

Harwood Union’s 2019 girls’ All-Capital league team comprised of the top DII girls’ basketball players had Harwood’s very own freshman standout Mia Cooper on its roster. Cooper was also ...

William Elliott catches some air during Sugarbush’s Castlerock Extreme competition on March 9. Photo: John Atkinson

Extreme and freeride skiing at SB, MRG

Expert skiers and riders were invited to surge off the cliffs and drops of Sugarbush’s most challenging terrain in the 22nd annual Castlerock Extreme, a stop on the Ski the East Freeride Tour. The ...