This illustration from the British Library’s collection of Western Drawings shows Lord Macartney’s first meeting with the Qianlong Emperor in 1793. (Wikimedia Commons) Probably the worst decision in ...

The sun shines, burning through the mist over hillsides below pastoral Sanders Road up Christian Hill in Bethel. It’s Monday, a school day, just before 9 on a mild autumn morning. From the side of the ...

From weather to attendance, fair president Gordon Barnaby said that this year’s Tunbridge World’s Fair was a resounding success. “All the concessionaires seemed happy, and all the fair-goers we spoke ...

Noting “serious financial strain” in the wake of federal funding cuts, nonprofits that provide free legal services for low-income Vermonters facing civil litigation recently announced reduction in ...

Last year, Josh and Andrew Jonestein would often spend evenings on their patio in Dallas, brainstorming an exit strategy from Texas. All it took was a birthday trip to Vermont last November and a tour ...

Having worked for multiple years on artificial intelligence (AI) research trying to “figure out how to make things go well,” Nate Soares, a 2007 RUHS graduate, said that the launch of ChatGPT in 2022 ...

At the close of the cold war, I read an article that ranked the most warlike nations of the world. The article considered the percent of their population under arms, their level of training, their ...

The chair of the governing board of ECFiber said Monday it is ready to take over operations of the telecommunications district. East Central Vermont Telecommunications District, which does business as ...

Sunderland Farm, a sixth-generation dairy farm in Bridport, has been named the 2020 Vermont Dairy Farm of the Year. Principal owners of the farm, a 450-head Holstein operation on 835 acres, are ...

A week after the general election, Chris Helali of Vershire was named winner of a contested write-in race for Orange County high bailiff. The state Canvassing Committee met in Montpelier this week and ...

Fifty years ago this fall, on a rainy and overcast day, a small motorcade of cars rolled through Exit 4. Nearby, a photographer stood on a wet hillside and snapped a few photos. Though dampened by the ...

On a Monday, just over three months ago, a self-employed Bethel man set to work to haul a load of logging equipment, putting into motion a series of events that would forever change his life. In the ...