SALISBURY — Every once in while a great product name is created through an unlikely source — like chicken poop.

Actually, it’s called “manure” in the poultry business, and the Maple Meadow Egg Farm in Salisbury may be the first poultry farm in Vermont to harness its power. You’ve heard of Cow Power. Introducing . . . wait for it . . . Henergy!... Read more

Master Brewer Steve Parkes moves through the Otter Creek Brewing Company like a big fish in a pond. On a recent hot and humid day, the brewery is bustling with tourists, and Parkes is in his element.

"You get up every morning and you get to go to work and make beer. It's as simple as that," he says with a smile. "Even on a bad day, what could be better?"... Read more

Ah, Vermont, land of the civil union, bluest of the blue states, where gay people flock to raise families and transgendered people are now protected from discrimination.

But if there’s a queer bar left in the state, someone should ask it to please come out of the closet.

After years of struggling for equality — and, some say, for assimilation — the Vermont gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered community (GLBT) finds itself at a cultural crossroads, asking: Has the gay bar become unnecessary here?... Read more