PUTNEY—As Michael “Mike” Mrowicki, D-Putney, begins his ninth term as a state legislator, he suddenly finds himself flying solo. Last year’s redistricting separated Westminster from Putney and Dummerston in the Windham-4 district. His last term co-representative, Michele Bos-Lun, now finds herself representing turf that’s farther north — Westminster and .
BRATTLEBORO—The closing of the 83-year-old Hotel Pharmacy on Elliot Street on Jan. 17 marked the end of so many eras like a Shakespearian tragedy without the poetry. Much sadness. Many tears. Emptying shelves. Emptying space. A sense of emptying lives. The end of family-run pharmacies in Brattleboro. The .
GUILFORD—Ali West and Wayne Warwick, partners in Warwick & West, LLC, plan to reopen the Guilford Country Store on Feb. 1. “I’ve always loved the Guilford Country Store, and growing up in Guilford, it was a pretty big fixture in my life,” says West, of Vernon. She said .
BRATTLEBORO—Imagine you are walking near a river and you see a river otter playing in the water, twisting and turning. It is a few feet long, maybe 2 to 3 feet. Sleek and dark, tumbling over others of its kind. It looks like it’s dancing! Believe it or not, .
The Vermont House’s tri-partisan Rural Caucus, formerly known as the Rural Economic Development Working Group, or REDWnG, met on Dec. 7 with more than 45 members to elect its co-chairs and clerk and begin setting priorities for the 2023 legislative session. The caucus unanimously elected four officers to guide .