Honorable Mentions go to "Peep's Corner" by Kelly and Lily Hayes, "Forever Peepers" by Waverley Swann, and "Diary of a Wimpy ...

Waitsfield’s municipal wastewater system has received another tranche of state American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding ...

The 2025 Mad River Triathlon had 301 participants, representing 11 states (CT, IL, MA, ME, NH, NY, OK, PA, RI, TN, VT) with 120 racers from the Mad River Valley area. There were 65 individual ...

I am deeply disappointed regarding recent actions and statements made by Secretary of Education, Zoie Saunders, which undermine the importance of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) in Vermont’s ...

As a Waitsfield constituent who has been a member of the Vermont Yankee Decommissioning Alliance (VYDA) since before Vermont Yankee shut down in 2014 (although it's still undergoing the ...

Friends of the Mad River is seeking volunteers for the 2025 Mad River Watch Program, continuing a tradition of community-based monitoring that began in 1985. This long-standing program works with ...

This marks the second year of the program, which launched in 2024 as a step to evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of using goats as a natural alternative to herbicides, organizers said. “Goat ...

Though Representative Torre addressed Education Reform last week, I, too, will discuss it as it is arguably the most important legislation of this session. On Friday, the House passed H-454, the ...

For the third consecutive year, the Green Up committees from towns across the Mad River Valley are teaming up for a coordinated, community-wide effort under the banner of the Green Valley Rally. This ...

The Big Picture Community Hub for the Arts (formerly the Big Picture) open its doors on May 1, 2025, with a family-friendly celebration getting underway at 3 p.m. The celebration will feature a range ...

I have worked with USAID over the years through my NGO, Project HOPE. I don’t doubt that USAID could have used some streamlining. It was bureaucratic and slow-moving. Its program priorities could have ...