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Fun holiday events at Sugarbush Resort

Sugarbush Resort has a full events calendar stacked with holiday celebrations through January 4. The holiday cheer kicks off on Saturday, December 21, with the Ugly Sweater Party at Castlerock Pub ...

Fun holiday events at Sugarbush Resort

Mick and Karen Rookwood are the new owners of the Featherbed Inn in Waitsfield.

New Featherbed Inn owners love winter

It’s called the Featherbed Inn because it’s full of featherbeds: feather-stuffed mattresses that disperse as you sink into them for a long night’s sleep. However, though the name of the ...

School board votes to ‘go beyond’ on Harwood bond

After surviving the heated discussions around the school closures and middle school migration, the Harwood Unified Union School District (HUUSD) board has moved on to another issue: the Harwood ...

Lawson’s Sunshine Fund donates $380,000

Lawson’s Finest Liquids, a brewery, taproom and retail store in Waitsfield, Vermont, invites nonprofit organizations to apply to the Lawson’s Finest recently renamed Sunshine Fund. The Sunshine ...

Harwood’s boys’ varsity hockey team won the Charlie Burchard Memorial Hockey Tournament for the second straight year.

Harwood Union sports roundup

Boys’ varsity basketball Harwood boys’ varsity basketball beat Hartford 52-44 last Saturday, December 14. Ezra Samuel had 21 points, Brian Gilhuly had eight and Cole Hill had seven to lead the ...

Planned Hamlet Development zoning changes considered

The question of whether reducing minimum lot sizes and increasing housing development density in Waitsfield agricultural/residential areas would lead to sprawl and or unsightly development was ...

Duxbury holds fire protection contract with Waterbury

While brainstorming ways to vanquish a $156,000 budget deficit, the Duxbury Select Board briefly considered cutting ties with the Waterbury Fire Department. After all, Waterbury voters had just ...