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Cooking at home with Sage

The box was chilled and sealed and felt light. Opening it up I found two sealed chicken breasts, a sealed zucchini, sealed pasta and individual plastic containers holding salt, pepper, butter, ...

Cooking at home with Sage

The box was chilled and sealed and felt light. Opening it up I found two sealed chicken breasts, a sealed zucchini, sealed pasta and individual plastic containers holding salt, pepper, butter, ...

Yestermorrow class completes 850 square-foot-house for less than $65,000

This fall’s Yestermorrow/UMASS-Amherst Semester in Design/Build students built an 850-square-foot-not-so-tiny house for less than $65,000. Mac Rood, Waitsfield, was one of the instructors and last ...

Waitsfield memory Tree and stars. Photo: Jeff Knight

The origin of the Mad River Valley’s holiday stars

In 2013 the Mad River Valley was ramping up the annual Festival of Lights celebration for the holiday season. Local businesses were encouraged to decorate their offices, buildings, exterior conifers, ...

The gift of giving: Local 7-year-old gathers supplies for the homeless

Landon Weide, Waitsfield, turned 7 on November 13. “I’m 7. I was 6, but then I turned 7,” Landon explained. “And for my birthday, I gave them some gifts and some stuff so they don’t ...

‘What’s in a Name?’ Partridge Thatcher discussion draws over 100 attendees

Reprinted courtesy of Waterbury Roundabout. December 19, 2020 | By Jacob Dawson The Waterbury Area Anti-Racism Coalition’s “What’s in a Name?” community event this week drew ...

What to expect in this year’s school budget?

The school budget is creeping up. On December 12, Harwood Unified Union School District (HUUSD) Board members spoke with Superintendent Brigid Nease about the ways in which they expect the budget to ...

Dave Frank, Fayston, cofounder of SunWood Biomass, shows Mané Alves, founder of Vermont Artisan Coffee & Tea, the workings of a wood pellet boiler system installed at the coffee company’s Route 100 facility in Waterbury Center.

The many ways of heating with wood – Part 2

Editor’s Note: This is the second part of a three-part story looking at Vermont’s ambitious wood energy goals and how heating with wood has evolved over time. PART 1 The first part of this ...