Since Samuel D. Champlain first set foot in what is now Vermont, stories of the paranormal have been synonymous with the Green Mountain State. Over time, some, like Jessica’s Bridge in Stowe, have become common tales. Others, often less talked about, rarely are heard outside of their immediate community. Often based in historical fact, these […]

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Cold economic winds howl. Large financial institutions bend like trees coated with ice. Jobs and mortgages slide into ditches. But Vermont’s local banks have settled in with a warm pot of beans bubbling away on a wood stove: They are watchful, but they are weathering the economic storm.

“The national economy does impact on […]

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For over three decades Lola Pierotti Aiken presided as the Chief of Staff for Vermont’s revered United States Senator George David Aiken. For the last seven years she worked without pay. The Washington power elite and Vermonters from all walks of life knew her. They would see her with the “Governor,” as those who knew […]

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One way to really get to know Vermont is to fish it. For example, did you know that at least 30 streams in Vermont are known as “Mill Brook”? That the speed limit on the Chiselville Covered Bridge near the town line between Sunderland and Arlington, is “walking speed”? Or that the fine for exceeding […]

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