Ski racing community starts to back away from toxic wax
International Ski Federation issues ban beginning next year
DATE: Feb 29, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News
Lisa Rathke
Snowboarders honor late visionary Jake Burton Carpenter
Burton founder died Wednesday
DATE: Nov 22, 2019 | CATEGORY: Outdoors
Snow jobs: In tight labor market, ski areas up the ante
WARREN, Vt. – It used to be that a free ski pass was enough to lure workers to seasonal jobs at mountain resorts. No longer.
In the current tight labor market, ski areas across th...
DATE: Oct 26, 2019 | CATEGORY: Outdoors
Nordic skating on a 4.5-mile trail on a frozen Vermont lake
FAIRLEE, Vt. – Ice skating on Vermont’s Lake Morey is far more than circling around a makeshift rink. It’s an expedition – a 4.5-mile one, around the frozen lake’s perimeter.
It’s...
DATE: Jan 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Travel
Farm bill exempts pure maple, honey from added sugars label
MONTPELIER, Vt. – The new farm bill passed by the U.S. Senate on Tuesday prevents maple syrup and honey producers from being required to list their pure products as containing added sugars o...
DATE: Dec 13, 2018 | CATEGORY: Food
The ancient sport of falconry takes off with tourists around U.S.
WOODSTOCK, Vt. – Falconry is an old tradition in many parts of the world, including the United Kingdom and the Middle East. But now it’s starting to be offered as an activity for tourists at...
DATE: Jun 17, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel
‘Miles to go before I sleep’: Robert Frost museum reopens
SHAFTSBURY, Vt. – On a warm June morning in 1922, Robert Frost sat down at his dining room table in southern Vermont and wrote “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening,” one of his most famous ...
DATE: Jun 13, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel
Northeast snowstorms give ski areas late season powder blast
FAYSTON, Vt. – Back-to-back nor’easters that have pounded New England have given ski resorts a late-season blast of their life’s blood, luring skiers and snowboarders to the slopes, and allo...
DATE: Mar 19, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel
Sweet job: Trio of judges select Vermont’s best maple syrup
ESSEX JUNCTION, Vt. – In the country’s top maple producing state, Vermonters take their maple syrup seriously, and so do the judges at the annual maple contest.
Tasting teaspoon a...
DATE: Feb 6, 2018 | CATEGORY: Food
Organic-food purists assail the designation for hydroponics
MONTPELIER, Vt. – Can a tomato grown in a nutrient solution instead of dirt be called “organic”? Some purists don’t think so.
The National Organic Standards Board, which advises t...
DATE: Nov 17, 2017 | CATEGORY: Food
Cider-makers forage for old wild apple flavor
ROCHESTER, Vt. – With a vigorous shake of a tree limb, small wild apples rain down onto a plastic tarp at an old farmstead in Vermont.
David Dolginow, co-founder of Shacksbury Cid...
DATE: Oct 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: Food
University of Vermont enshrines healthy living in bricks and mortar
BURLINGTON, Vt. – Pledges by college students to eschew drugs and alcohol are old hat. Now they’re meditating, working out, practicing yoga, eating healthfully, and at least one school, the ...
DATE: Oct 11, 2017 | CATEGORY: Education
