Burke Fall Festival
The annual event includes a parade, horse-drawn wagon rides, games, food, raffle, crafts, music and more. Parade starts at 10 a.m ...
01 September, 2022
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Jackson’s Lodge Offers Tranquility and a Peek into the Border’s ‘No Man’s Land’
Jackson's Lodge sits along Lake Wallace, a small international lake that straddles Vermont and Quebec. Gloria Jackson grew up at Jackson’s Lodge, a family-owned, lakeside lodging property in the Vermont Northeast Kingdom town of Canaan that her parents bought in 1958. Jackson purchased the Northeast Kingdom property...
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28 July, 2022
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Uncertain About the Future, Greensboro Musician Roy MacNeil Lives for the Moment
Roy MacNeil is doing everything he can to remain creative these days. The Greensboro musician performed a virtual concert at the Highland Center for the Arts in March. As the weather warmed, he began playing and recording music in an old shed on his family’s farm. While growing...
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09 June, 2020
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Vermont Bread Baker Charlie Emers Finds Happiness in Hardwick
Vermont bread baker Charlie Emers isn’t much of a planner. But he’s definitely a doer. Emers lives off a dirt road in East Hardwick in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom. His commercial bakery stands at the end of a long driveway next to his home, which he shares...
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04 May, 2020
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Kingdom Trails Mountain Biking Celebrates 25 Years
-Kingdom Trails mountain biking features more than 100 miles of singletrack on private land. John Worth started selling mountain bikes at East Burke Sports to earn extra cash in the summer. There was just one problem—there was nowhere to ride. Worth, who opened East Burke Sports in 1988...
09 August, 2019
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Happy Vermonters: Charlie Emers Bakes with Curiosity and Purpose
Charlie Emers never planned on becoming a baker. The owner of Patchwork Farm & Bakery in East Hardwick grew up in Providence, Rhode Island. After relocating to Vermont three decades ago, his career path took a circuitous route from lamp maker to vegetable farmer to bread baker. Emers...
24 April, 2019
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A Weekend Escape to Burke Mountain
For a small ski area, Burke Mountain is a big deal in the world of outdoor recreation. Burke Mountain Resort is where you’ll find Burke Mountain Academy, a world-renowned school for ski racing, and Kingdom Trails, an extensive trail system popular for mountain biking, fat biking,...
04 January, 2017
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8 Reasons to Love the Month of May in Vermont
Updated May 1, 2019 After a long, snowy winter, it feels good that's it's finally spring in Vermont. For the first time in six months, we can walk outside without a heavy jacket, stash away our wool socks, and watch the grass grow and leaves sprout. Even though spring arrived...
30 April, 2015
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Best Places to Find Glorious Northeast Kingdom Foliage
Fall comes a little early in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom. The state’s most rural area—Caledonia County, Orleans County and Essex County—starts seeing fall foliage as early as mid-September, with peak color arriving around Oct. 1 (sometimes earlier). Up along Route 114 and Route 105 in the far...
23 September, 2014
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A Spring Thaw Tradition on Joe’s Pond
The ice on Joe’s Pond in West Danville is nearly three feet deep this year. Similar to other lakes and ponds in Vermont, the harsh, cold, and long winter has kept Joe’s Pond frozen for months. Now that spring is here (well, sort of), all...
01 April, 2014
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