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Thatcher Brook Primary School Hires Co-Principals

Sarah Schoolcraft and Chris Neville have been hired as the new co-principals of Thatcher Brook Primary School in Waterbury. They replace outgoing principal Denise Goodnow. Sarah Schoolcraft has ...

Thatcher Brook Primary School Hires Co-Principals

Sarah Schoolcraft and Chris Neville have been hired as the new co-principals of Thatcher Brook Primary School in Waterbury. They replace outgoing principal Denise Goodnow. Sarah Schoolcraft has ...

How Valley yoga studios are coping with the pandemic a year later

Back in May, Mountain Rose Yoga in Waitsfield was offering outdoor yoga classes with a maximum of nine students per class, keeping the studio open only for retail. Those who didn’t feel comfortable ...

Aiden Heath, pictured with his dog Angel, has type 1 diabetes and wants to be vaccinated but because he is under 16 he is not eligible.

Too young for a vaccine – those under 16 with chronic conditions must wait

Last week Vermont opened up COVID-19 vaccines for those ages 16 to 64 with chronic health conditions, including type 1 and type 2 diabetes. That frustrates Jenni Heath, mother of 13-year-old Aiden ...

Members of Grandma Mafia vaccinated and meeting again

Anyone who frequents Three Mountain Café in Waitsfield (and really, who doesn’t?) has seen the members of the Grandma Mafia gathered around one of the tables on weekday mornings. Pre-pandemic, ...

David Hartshorn and Amy Todisco. Hartshorn is selling his shares of Green Mountain Harvest Hydroponic.

Hartshorn, Todisco exit Green Mountain Harvest Hydroponic

Dave Hartshorn, one of three founders and creators of Green Mountain Harvest Hydroponic, is selling his shares in the business to his partners Ted and John Farr. Hartshorn said he found himself ...

Sugarbush, Mad River Glen collaborate on IFSA LexiBush event

Sugarbush and Mad River Glen collaborated on an International Free Skiers Association event which resurrected a form of the Castlerock Extreme, a legacy event at Sugarbush, and also managed to make ...

Warren journalist recounts her career so far

By Ingrid Lackey-Howell, Intern Reporter “I had always been drawn to journalism. I had a little bit of a family noodge,” said Elizabeth Hewitt, a journalist from Warren. Her grandmother wrote ...