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Island Pond buck

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Steve Leroux of Newington, Connecticut, shot this 211-pound, 8-point buck at his camp in Island Pond on Sunday, November 12. Photo courtesy of Daniel Sawrun More »

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Turkeys play chicken with oncoming traffic

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This flock of wild turkeys stopped traffic near the sharp corner of Rte. 16 in Barton on Wednesday, September 13.   And, if motorists stopped long enough, they would come right up to the window of the vehicle as they did to mine. Apparently they didn’t take ki... More »

John Young stands at a table on which are placed a collection of round wooden boxes of his making.
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John Young: From tuner to turner

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by Leanne Day Harple   GLOVER — John Young, a multi-talented artisan from Glover, has spent the last four decades tuning pianos throughout the Northeast Kingdom.  Now, as he transitions to retirement, he has found a unique way to create a second life for his c... More »

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Hinterland Market hides in South Albany

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by Leanne Day Harple SOUTH ALBANY — Out along the dirt roads of South Albany, through fields and forest, and just down one end of Hartwell Pond, is one of the Northeast Kingdom’s best-kept secrets of international cuisine:  The Hinterland Market. Unbeknownst t... More »

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Lighting strikes close to home

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  Last Friday’s violent thunder and lightening storms hit a little too close to home at Vern and Beverly Devereux’s property off Rte. 16 in Barton. Mrs. Devereux was on the phone with her husband when she heard a bang so loud that it startled her causing her t... More »

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Nelsons seek farming’s future

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by Trisha Ingalls IRASBURG — Milking time is play time for the Holsteins at Nelson Dairy Farm on Route 14 in Irasburg.  That’s because the Nelson family has made major investments to upgrade their dairy farm — including the addition of a massive rotating milki... More »

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Esme West helps others to heal

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  by Matthew Wilson DERBY — The Northeast Kingdom may not seem like the kind of place where a new age healing center can thrive, but that has never stopped Esme West.  Despite her own fears and doubts over how she’d make the business work she has strived to he... More »

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Për’s inland seafood empire

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  by Leanne Harple WALDEN — Down a country road in Walden, just over the line from Greensboro Bend, through fields of farmland and up a green hill, miles from the nearest coastline, lies Vermont’s first seafood processing facility.  The smell of the docks hits... More »

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New farmstand offers sustainable home products

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  by Trisha Ingalls BRIGHTON – Just outside of Island Pond there’s a new farmstand offering more than traditional farm products.  Krystie Wood, owner of By the Bay Farm, said she is excited for the grand opening of her new stand on June 10. Ms. Wood, who is or... More »