Regional Spotlight | Life in St. Albans, Vermont
One of Vermont’s northernmost cities, St. Albans borders Lake Champlain and is just over a 30-minute drive from both Burlington, Vt., and the Canadian border. Home to almost 7,000 people, St. ...
Northwestern Vermont
Steering the Ship: A Q&A with Vermont’s Cultural Leaders
By: Desmond Peeples | Photo Courtesy of Vermont Arts Council
Leaders of arts and cultural organizations must draw on perhaps until now untested courage and fortitude to navigate today’s choppy ...
Ray Hamilton: Part of the Vermont Adaptive Sports family
Approximately four years ago, Ray Hamilton was looking for a change. A veteran from Upstate New York, Ray moved to Vermont looking to get away from a hectic home life. When he first got here, he ...
Vermont’s Cultural Leaders: Ben Doyle
YOUR NAME and TITLE: Ben Doyle, President
YOUR ORGANIZATION: Preservation Trust of Vermont
YEAR YOU JOINED ORGANIZATION: 2020
MONTH/YEAR YOU WERE APPOINTED TO CURRENT POSITION: October ...
Vermont’s Cultural Leaders: Erin Evarts
YOUR NAME and TITLE: Erin Evarts, Executive Director
YOUR ORGANIZATION: Lyric Theatre
YEAR YOU JOINED ORGANIZATION: 1999 (as a volunteer)
MONTH/YEAR YOU WERE APPOINTED TO CURRENT ...
A Pandemic Pregnancy
When New York City shut down in mid-March, Eliza Fitzhugh and Andrés Gutierrez already had a lot on their minds. The couple was expecting their first child, due on April 9th, along with a packed ...
I Am a Vermont Artist: Shani Stoddard
By day Shani Stoddard is like many Vermonters: boots and caps, hikes with dogs, a house in the woods of Stannard. By night he is… “Shani.” In stilettos and braids, dancing himself sweaty for tips
Grunts Move Junk Offers Vets a Moving Occupation
By KEN PICARD
For more than three years, Florida native Joshua Hayes was a member of the Old Guard, the U.S. Army's ceremonial unit. Hayes was assigned to the presidential escort platoon, which,
Chief Don Stevens Represents a New Era of Abenaki Leadership in Vermont
By KEN PICARD
Don Stevens stepped to the podium in the Cedar Creek Room of the Vermont Statehouse on February 5 and reasserted the sovereign rights that his people have never ceded: to hunt and ...
Master Plumber Chris Boudreau Helps Clients Go With the Flow
By KEN PICARD
Chris Boudreau has been flush with work lately, and he doesn't see things letting up anytime soon. With the early arrival of freezing temperatures in Vermont, the 38-year-old ...
A Tale of Two Luthiers
In the hip city of Burlington, Creston Lea builds one of a kind electric guitars, while in southern Vermont, Douglas Cox turns out violins for classical musicians around the world.
Creston Lea